I was just reading the AskWoody Plus newsletter and agree that no email is safe. I always make a point to tell financial institutions not to email me. Nonetheless they do. So I want to get an encryption program. I will need one that does not require the person sending me emails to have an unencrypting system, should I ever reply.
So far I have been careful and fortunate and gotten no malware. I was using MSE on 2 Windows 7 computers but recently switched to Avast Free Antivirus because the MSE updates were getting unpredictable. I currently have a free trial for ExpressVPN but probably won’t keep it. It is always shutting off and re-starting, and a second problem is that several programs won’t open if it is running. Also, it is expensive, so I will try to find something cheaper. But Susan pointed out that a VPN does not protect people from reading your email so thus I want to add encryption.
All suggestions welcome, even expensive ones.
Big fan of AskWoody. Thank you for all you do!
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BTW I am trying to switch to Windows 10. I bought such a machine and it has a chronic problem of suddenly shutting off internet connections. I tried to fix it myself . I also have sent it to a very good IT specialist at the local University 3 times. It will work for awhile and then shut off again. Meanwhile my two 7 machines continue to work without any visible problems.
