I did a bad thing, and I cannot believe how stupid I was.

I have Introductory Circuit Analysis by Robert L Boylestad, 11th edition, a=
nd highly recommended by some in this group.  It is one of the best I've se=
en and read, and I very highly recommend it, too.

In it he uses PSpice software in some of his examples.  Now, this edition i=
s from I think 2007.

So I found PSpice Student 9.1 Student version from softronic (google will b=
ring it first), thinking that my PC is heavily protected by up-to-date viru=
s/etc software, and I got sucked in.  Big time.

When it installed I saw browsers opening up that I didn't ask for, and I kn=
ew I had been screwed.  It changed my home pages for my browsers and also i=
nserted MyWebSearch as default search engines, and more.  It took me about =
an hour or so to get rid of it all.  Needless to say, I was torqued off big=
 time.

Needless to say that when I deleted softronic crap it left the malware, and=
 all that.  And when I installed it, I said no to any questions it asked ab=
out additional software.

Rant over: Now my question.  Obviously PSpice is out, but is there an alter=
native to it?  Or perhaps an "honest" version that I could trust?  Has anyo=
ne used it?  Or gotten suckered in like me?

Thanks!
Lindy



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