Comments on: NoSpace for another banking Trojan http://countermeasures.trendmicro.eu/nospace-for-another-banking-trojan/ Rik Ferguson blogs about current security issues. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:04:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tim http://countermeasures.trendmicro.eu/nospace-for-another-banking-trojan/comment-page-1/#comment-3931 Tim Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:38:00 +0000 http://countermeasures.trendmicro.eu/?p=1514#comment-3931 Of course, the problem is that a huge majority of users would simply download and install the software, especially if they have kids who use the computer. We simply cannot expect home users to be savy enough to know what they can and cannot install, and because of the cost of AV, I find increasing numbers of home users with no protection on their machines at all (not even free versions) as they simply do not understand the threat, the message isn't getting out there! In recent months, I've moved most of these people over to Linux Mint with very few complaints, they don't play games so don't need the big 'W', and whereas still not completely safe, it's a lot better than expecting the user to know when not to install something. The new Windows 'Are you sure' boxes just mean people have to press 'yes' more often! Shame only security people read security pages ... Of course, the problem is that a huge majority of users would simply download and install the software, especially if they have kids who use the computer.

We simply cannot expect home users to be savy enough to know what they can and cannot install, and because of the cost of AV, I find increasing numbers of home users with no protection on their machines at all (not even free versions) as they simply do not understand the threat, the message isn’t getting out there!

In recent months, I’ve moved most of these people over to Linux Mint with very few complaints, they don’t play games so don’t need the big ‘W’, and whereas still not completely safe, it’s a lot better than expecting the user to know when not to install something.

The new Windows ‘Are you sure’ boxes just mean people have to press ‘yes’ more often!

Shame only security people read security pages …

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