My firewall can stop them talking to the Internet. I often use VirtualBox to run new downloads in isolation, sometimes with a VPN running as well. And who inst

My firewall can stop them talking to the Internet. I often use VirtualBox to run new downloads in isolation, sometimes with a VPN running as well. And who installs apps on their PC anymore, maybe after your initial setup? The point is you install apps you know and trust. I don't think notepad++ is uploading my photo library somewhere. And there's a word for PC apps that do the wrong thing: (ad/mal/crap)ware. It's one of the reasons I do as much online in a webbrowser as possible - its a hellla lot more secure than downloading and installing stuff all the time.