Stop clicking random shit and saying "yes" to every popup and the problem goes away.
----:thumbsup::thumbsup:Stop clicking random shit and saying "yes" to every popup and the problem goes away.
This statement does not reflect reality.
This statement does not reflect reality.
Patch, patch, patch, patch, patch. Teach them how to make sure that Windows, Java, Flash Player, Acrobat, Virus Definitions, etc. are all up to date. That's really the best prevention for these types of infections. Infections can come from otherwise benign and trustworthy websites because because the attacker is using advertisements to deliver the malicious payload.
It's not easy to get a personal/home computer to automatically patch everything. It needs to be turned on when the updates are supposed to run, then user needs to be good about rebooting it after updates install, etc. If you don't change the user's behavior, you will be far less successful in preventing these infections.
I'd actually highly recommend removing Java at this point. Hardly any websites use it, those that do have stupid crap in it. And its such a HUGE security risk. Probably the biggest attack vector at this point.
I'd also suggest removing Flash from the system and using Chrome wherever possible. Chrome has flash built in, sandboxed, and updated regularly, more often than Adobe itself.
It really does, actually.
But it's a lost cause with some people - you spend your holidays cleaning up viruses for a few years, until they finally start listening. Of course at this point, you'll spend your holidays running two years worth of updates because they become scared to run anything. There's no winning in tech support...
Ehhh...I don't know about that. I use a ton of websites that require Java. Yes, it's a huge attack vector, but I'd have to go back to paying almost all of my bills through snail mail/checks if I decided to not use java because my bank, credit cards, mortgage, and utilities websites almost all use java.
Or install Secunia PSI instead.Patch, patch, patch, patch, patch. Teach them how to make sure that Windows, Java, Flash Player, Acrobat, Virus Definitions, etc. are all up to date.
Does your bank limit the length of your password.. maybe to like 15 characters or less?
My credit union has a mortage calculator (many non-java version on the web) and twopalms.com uses it. But that is it for me. Running without Java at home.Maybe I'm an odd man out then, I haven't had a legitimate personal use for Java in years.. maybe 5+?
Patch, patch, patch, patch, patch. Teach them how to make sure that Windows, Java, Flash Player, Acrobat, Virus Definitions, etc. are all up to date. That's really the best prevention for these types of infections. Infections can come from otherwise benign and trustworthy websites because because the attacker is using advertisements to deliver the malicious payload.
It's not easy to get a personal/home computer to automatically patch everything. It needs to be turned on when the updates are supposed to run, then user needs to be good about rebooting it after updates install, etc. If you don't change the user's behavior, you will be far less successful in preventing these infections.
Seriously, FUCK Windows.
Goddamn relative's computer is infected, again.
noscript is your friend. use it, teach them how to surf with it. The pain of having to approve the sites you vists sucks for the first week or so, but once you get the hang of allowing only the domains you intend to surf to to run javascript you are at least mitigating a lot of it.
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