Hi DavidR,
Fully agree with you there. Then people must be made aware of some hard realities. Using a computer by default and as it comes out of the box is very insecure and actually a stupid thing to do, but generally nobody tells the larger public officially. People should use protection in various ways. The user should be educated to implement proper protection. Because the majority do not even bother we have all the malware we’re faced up against, the millions of bot herded machines endangering others, the clogged Internet. Well some other parties also play a role here not really helping towards improving the present situation. How many use DropMyRights? How many regularly patch? How many are aware of the dangers of malicious javascript, Ajax vulnerabilities, cross-site-scripting holes, phishing, e-mail threats, chat-box and P2P malware? Sometimes I feel the security aware are like those prophets calling out in the desert. Nobody hears them or want to lend a willing ear. At least I have learned the hard way. Now my computing practices are safe!
polonus
