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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 968770" data-attributes="member: 32260">If I correctly understood you propose to use a very good AV on default or slightly tweaked settings and secure the data via frequent backups. It is not a bad idea but it has some serious cons on the computers of children:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">As you have noticed in most cases it is only a matter of time that the child&#039;s computer will be infected.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Children and most parents mostly do not have sufficient knowledge to quickly recognize the infection, except for ransomware attacks.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">The child&#039;s computer can be infected for a long time and can silently infect other family computers, computers of the child&#039;s friends, and your friends.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">If your network will be infected by something like Emotet, then the worm can infect wireless networks in close neighborhood.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Even when using frequent backups you can be forced to use the old backup (several weeks old). Furthermore, you cannot be sure which backup will be clean.</li>
</ol>That is why I suggested using a smart-default-deny setup for children.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 968770, member: 32260"] If I correctly understood you propose to use a very good AV on default or slightly tweaked settings and secure the data via frequent backups. It is not a bad idea but it has some serious cons on the computers of children: [LIST=1] [*]As you have noticed in most cases it is only a matter of time that the child's computer will be infected. [*]Children and most parents mostly do not have sufficient knowledge to quickly recognize the infection, except for ransomware attacks. [*]The child's computer can be infected for a long time and can silently infect other family computers, computers of the child's friends, and your friends. [*]If your network will be infected by something like Emotet, then the worm can infect wireless networks in close neighborhood. [*]Even when using frequent backups you can be forced to use the old backup (several weeks old). Furthermore, you cannot be sure which backup will be clean. [/LIST] That is why I suggested using a smart-default-deny setup for children. [/QUOTE]

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