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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 103564" data-source="post: 1061012">Satisfying probably not, but my point is valid just the same. I agree with you helping others that can not help themselves is a must, but pointing them in the correct direction requires more than here is an advanced software you will not understand. Will CIS protect a user, in the right hands yes, could it in the wrong hands crash a system, very quickly. I have been around systems and users for a long time now, and lack of knowledge on how to and what to watch out for has been the leading cause in issues. Most of the issues i have had to help others with have been self inflicted from lack of knowing. Get a call from a friend, help, microsoft just called, i let them in my system, now my computer is messed up and my credit card is maxed out. I clicked a link now my system is acting funny. My facebook has been hacked, last thing i remember was looking at ads. Its incredibly rare that i hear someone say i was just sitting here reading the news and bam, my machine got infected from nowhere or i left came home and my computer must have been doing something on its own because now its acting funny.You of all users should know that there are common avenues of infection than there are POC&#039;s. Scaring users constantly with POCs is counterproductive to protecting them. Advanced applications capable of dismantling windows is counterproductive to those unaware of how the operating system processes work and function. The logical step is to teach them to avoid common infection risks first no matter how boring it is for the advanced user. What i spoke of in my other post and here about just telling them to lock it down when they do not understand how it works is very spot on, case in point.[SPOILER=&quot;common user vs advanced application&quot;][URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://malwaretips.com/threads/testing-windows-hybrid-hardening-new-hardening-application.125082/page-10#post-1060996[/URL][/SPOILER]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 103564, post: 1061012"] Satisfying probably not, but my point is valid just the same. I agree with you helping others that can not help themselves is a must, but pointing them in the correct direction requires more than here is an advanced software you will not understand. Will CIS protect a user, in the right hands yes, could it in the wrong hands crash a system, very quickly. I have been around systems and users for a long time now, and lack of knowledge on how to and what to watch out for has been the leading cause in issues. Most of the issues i have had to help others with have been self inflicted from lack of knowing. Get a call from a friend, help, microsoft just called, i let them in my system, now my computer is messed up and my credit card is maxed out. I clicked a link now my system is acting funny. My facebook has been hacked, last thing i remember was looking at ads. Its incredibly rare that i hear someone say i was just sitting here reading the news and bam, my machine got infected from nowhere or i left came home and my computer must have been doing something on its own because now its acting funny. You of all users should know that there are common avenues of infection than there are POC's. Scaring users constantly with POCs is counterproductive to protecting them. Advanced applications capable of dismantling windows is counterproductive to those unaware of how the operating system processes work and function. The logical step is to teach them to avoid common infection risks first no matter how boring it is for the advanced user. What i spoke of in my other post and here about just telling them to lock it down when they do not understand how it works is very spot on, case in point. [SPOILER="common user vs advanced application"][URL unfurl="true"]https://malwaretips.com/threads/testing-windows-hybrid-hardening-new-hardening-application.125082/page-10#post-1060996[/URL][/SPOILER] [/QUOTE]

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