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Read the small print.
Wi-fi is only available if they're sailing past a McDonalds.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I never expect usable Wi-Fi at a hotel anywhere -- so I'm never disapppointed. I do have a 4G hotspot device that I take instead; but the wife, kid, and I just spent a week at Walt Disney World and I didn't even bother taking a laptop.
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Which antivirus software have you found to produce the least false-positives yet still offer great protection?
Prior to buying this new PC, I hadn't used an antivirus software in a long time because I typically stuck to a few websites that only I trusted and I hadn't downloaded any shady .exes in a long time. That said, I'm sure over the years, some malware crept into my old PC... I'm trying to prevent that as much as possible now, especially as a developer when I am on the computer a lot more now and doing a lot more downloading. Plus this NEW PC has enough power to handle easily running an antivirus software in the background, even if it is a resource hog.
That said, I just tried to work on a project from GitHub and found that Norton DELETED MY DLL FILES because they had "bad reputation." Yeah... So what should I replace Norton with? Or do they all suck?
Thanks,
Todd
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Sophos never betrayed me. At work we use TrendMicro and it seems to work fine.
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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Obviously anecdotal evidence but: I use Avast and have never had an issue.
I've only ever gotten (maybe) two positives ever, but then again, I don't download every random exe I can get my hands on either...
Performance wise it seems to stay out of the way quite nicely, unlike Norton and McAfee who both have a bad reputation of reverting your PC into a 386...
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You can tell Norton to ignore directories, to keep that from happening. Settings -> Antivirus -> Scans and Risks tab -> Exclusions /Low Risks -> Items to Exclude from Auto-Protect, SONAR... (Much frustration ensued until that was discovered.) Haven't had problems with Norton slowing down system since they pulled their heads out and redesigned the program 10 years ago.
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David O'Neil wrote: Haven't had problems with Norton slowing down system since they pulled their heads out and redesigned the program 10 years ago.
Wow it take a bloody long time to recover a reputation, 10 years and most of us still dump on Symantec as rubbish software. And yes it has been over a decade since I allowed it on my systems 
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I had also removed it from my system in disgust, but saw it for free when I needed to renew. The reviews were good, and specifically mentioned the resource hogginess, so I gave it a shot.
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I generally use Comodo, it has been fairly reliable over the years.
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I use Kaspersky, and it gives me no problems.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I second that. I usually find Kaspersky online for anywhere between $10 to $30 for a year.
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf *
Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
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TheOnlyRealTodd wrote: Norton DELETED MY DLL FILES because they had "bad reputation."
That's precious.
I'm vaguely reminded of something about glass houses and stones...someone refresh my memory...
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They all suck. I hate Norton more than anyone else though, It all started in my high school days. I was writing a C application. I compiled it and Norton deleted it. (I admit I was injecting my DLL into a process, but was it too shady?)
Then I deleted Norton.
I used ESET since then till I decided to replace everything with Ubuntu and KUbuntu.
(I know Linux has virus and worms. Just nothing like drive by infections as in Windows)
Beauty cannot be defined by abscissas and ordinates; neither are circles and ellipses created by their geometrical formulas.
Carl von Clausewitz
Source
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Doesn't get much better than that. 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Nice!
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Did you know that the fattest knight at Camelot was Sir Cumference? His size came from too much pi.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Now that takes the cake!
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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Oh great. Another crêpes joke!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Thats's circular logic!
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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You're off the tangent again.
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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den2k88 wrote: again
still.
FTFY
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Okay, but ... somehow I got the idea it was Sir Roundtable.
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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I think you're thinking of Sir Culation - he got around a bit.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: he got around a bit
I believe that was Sir Cumvent. He was a hit with all the ladies.
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