Am 20. Sep, 2005 schwätzte Alex Dean so:
> der.hans wrote:
>
> >A quick question for those who use m$ desktops but don't use eXploder and
> >LookOut: do you still have to run anti-spyware and anti-virus stuff all
> >the time? If you do run them, do you constantly find stuff that needs to
> >be removed?
> >
> >
> I don't anymore, but when I did use a Windows desktop I used only
> Netscape, then Mozilla, then Firefox/Thunderbird. In 4 years I never
> had a single virus. (Scanning every 6 months or so...)
>
> That's not just to do with IE or Outlook, though. Many many scams out
> there use social engineering, phishing, etc, to steal information, and
> these are not browser-specific. Being reasonably aware of what these
> attacks look like definitely reduces the amount of garbage one ends up
> with. (If you get an email from an unrecognized source saying 'your
> computer is not secure, run the attached program to fix the hold', don't
> do it! It's amazing how many times I talk to people who just follow
> these kinds of instructions without question.)
Yes, I know social engineering is a big problem in the m$ world.
It will also be more and more of a problem in Free Software as less
technical people adopt Free Software tools.
> I guess all I'm saying is that secure browsing is not purely a technical
> question. You have to have good habits as well.
Yup. Most people aren't going to adopt them, though. I don't know how to
solve it, but I'm glad to use software that doesn't make things worse :).
ciao,
der.hans
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