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<blockquote data-quote="509322" data-source="post: 707749">Yes, there is awareness, but security itself is not given a priority status commensurate with most peoples&#039;\families&#039; computing risk - which for the Average Joe family with kids is quite high. The actual security priority level among the general population is even lower than cleaning the toilet, cleaning out the garbage bin or some other task that people are really averse to do - and therefore just never do for one reason or another.After you get past the &quot;I don&#039;t have time,&quot; the usual objections are given - &quot;I don&#039;t know,&quot; &quot;I don&#039;t understand,&quot; and &quot;I don&#039;t want to pay [for a security soft].&quot;Like I keep saying, nobody is teaching the general population about IT security. And with Windows it takes more than the basics. Microsoft made it that way.Security begins with knowledge.The Average Joes I talk to are bewildered by Windows security. And it has gotten a whole lot worse with Windows 10 instead of getting better. &quot;I know what Windows Defender is, but Windows 10 Exploit Guard, what&#039;s that ? What do you mean I have to configure it ? What kind of configure ? I never heard of configure. Is this something new ? When did this happen ? What do you mean ? What do you mean I have to do a registry hack ? What is the registry ? I never had to do that before. Listen, I don&#039;t understand any of this. Why is this always so difficult ? Why does Microsoft do this to us ?&quot;The above exchange is not an exaggeration. The person doesn&#039;t even know the difference between configure and configuration. It is typical exchange with an Average Joe.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="509322, post: 707749"] Yes, there is awareness, but security itself is not given a priority status commensurate with most peoples'\families' computing risk - which for the Average Joe family with kids is quite high. The actual security priority level among the general population is even lower than cleaning the toilet, cleaning out the garbage bin or some other task that people are really averse to do - and therefore just never do for one reason or another. After you get past the "I don't have time," the usual objections are given - "I don't know," "I don't understand," and "I don't want to pay [for a security soft]." Like I keep saying, nobody is teaching the general population about IT security. And with Windows it takes more than the basics. Microsoft made it that way. [B]Security begins with knowledge.[/B] The Average Joes I talk to are bewildered by Windows security. And it has gotten a whole lot worse with Windows 10 instead of getting better. "I know what Windows Defender is, but Windows 10 Exploit Guard, what's that ? What do you mean I have to configure it ? What kind of configure ? I never heard of configure. Is this something new ? When did this happen ? What do you mean ? What do you mean I have to do a registry hack ? What is the registry ? I never had to do that before. Listen, I don't understand any of this. Why is this always so difficult ? [B][I]Why does Microsoft do this to us ?[/I][/B]" The above exchange is not an exaggeration. The person doesn't even know the difference between configure and configuration. It is typical exchange with an Average Joe. [/QUOTE]

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