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How do users get infected with Browser Hijacking/Adware?
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<blockquote data-quote="509322" data-source="post: 769525"><p>"Users that want to use stuff"</p><p></p><p>"People who just don't know any better and don't want to know any better"</p><p></p><p>"Default allow because people don't want to see anything blocked"</p><p></p><p>"Default allow because people cannot do anything for themselves"</p><p></p><p>"Default allow because it is the security software's job to do it for the person"</p><p></p><p>"Default allow because people cannot handle it"</p><p></p><p>Oh please... people aren't that dumb. And they sure as hell are not helpless. The real issue is that they are not being properly instructed.</p><p></p><p>That whole debate. It is ludicrous. Removing the person from the equation is only a half\partial solution - and one that is destined to fail.</p><p></p><p>What else ? Those very same people who the security soft "does it for," will slam it the moment that it fails and the system gets infected - even with a harmless PUA that sits there and does nothing. Those very same people have the expectation of 100 % protection in 100 % of cases.</p><p></p><p>Until someone comes up with perfect Ai - which won't be anytime soon I might add - the only real solution is user education and knowledge - and not blind enslavement to security softs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="509322, post: 769525"] "Users that want to use stuff" "People who just don't know any better and don't want to know any better" "Default allow because people don't want to see anything blocked" "Default allow because people cannot do anything for themselves" "Default allow because it is the security software's job to do it for the person" "Default allow because people cannot handle it" Oh please... people aren't that dumb. And they sure as hell are not helpless. The real issue is that they are not being properly instructed. That whole debate. It is ludicrous. Removing the person from the equation is only a half\partial solution - and one that is destined to fail. What else ? Those very same people who the security soft "does it for," will slam it the moment that it fails and the system gets infected - even with a harmless PUA that sits there and does nothing. Those very same people have the expectation of 100 % protection in 100 % of cases. Until someone comes up with perfect Ai - which won't be anytime soon I might add - the only real solution is user education and knowledge - and not blind enslavement to security softs. [/QUOTE]
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