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WinXpert- Be really careful about promoting CyrptoPrevent 8 (at Max or any other setting), the use of which may end in Tears.
WinXpert- Version 7, relying on Policy bases defenses, is also totally inadequate for todays malware.
Of course not! You are a respected lady (certainly in this forum)I am NOT cheap
@Lockdown I don't have a clue what he did, only found out about one week later, crappy PC World in the UK just wiped it, and gave no advice what the threat was, nor how to prevent it.
True, but the average user just installs antivirus software and thinks thats all they need to do to be protected.The user has to protect himself in the first place by becoming aware.
Semantics don't really matter as long as they get the idea. They can also be taught to follow routine since most of them probably don't have the desire to pirate. The self-control is already within them and this minimum is probably enough since they're unlikely to be targeted.I don't want to be argumentative, but if so it seems, my apologies.
The fact is that in these times being beginners or unaware users is a defeat.
There are not valid reasons to justify gaps in security: lack of time, stress, fatigue are unlikely motivations.
The user has to protect himself in the first place by becoming aware.
If I ask to some of my friends: "what is ransomware?", their answer is:" a virus..."
Apart from the fact that a virus is a subtype of malware, but the answer is quite disturbing!
If you do not know the enemy, how you can fight it?
Then you enter a vicious circle: you are a victim of ransomware and you don't have a backup so you pay money for getting back your files (no warranty btw).
Your money is used to fund the cybercrime...a snake that bites its tail.