my MIL is one of those people who clicks on any link, any pop-up, any email message... i am fairly certain she's functionally illiterate so she doesn't know what she's clicking on is malware or a virus.
her laptop was so clogged with virii that it turned in to a paperweight. albeit one my kids could at least open a sketch/drawing program on. been that way for at least a year.
essentially the internet is my MIL's only outlet to the world. without it, she just sleeps.
so my wife and brothers-in-law chipped in and bought her a top of the line, brand new laptop for Christmas. for a variety of reasons (

) it did not get setup immediately. wife finally took care of it last weekend. got all the programs on the laptop my MIL likes, got her re-logged in to her Facebook account, etc.
last weekend
my MIL stopped by last night. 6 days later.
MIL: dat stoopid computer your wife bought for me ain't workin already!
me: eh??
MIL: da dumb ting just keeps starting over! when it comes on, i click OK on some dumb box and da ting stops working for a couple hours and den it shuts off!
me: ?? what did you click on?
MIL: i have no idea. one a doze stupid messages popped up de udder day and i clicked it cuz i didn't know what it was and it wouldn't go away!
me: you don't know what it was but you clicked on it? and ever since then it freezes for hours & then shuts down?
MIL: YAH! what is dat???
me: i have no idea. what did the pop up say?
MIL: i don't know! i just click dem things until dey go away! there are so many of dem all da time!
me:
laptop = bricked