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Get REAL!
You are right: the more advanced a user becomes, the more
reckless they become.

BUT... you're absolutely wrong about the novice. The person
"who barely knows how to read e-mail" DOES open the
attachment because they are ignorant of the danger! And when
someone has set their system to open attachments by default
(because they are too lazy to learn or to think about it first), then
there's no defense whatsoever!

I work everyday with people of all levels of expertise. The novice
(and the arrogant) are the most dangerous of the users. They
really don't know what they are doing when they open Pandora's
Box and probably haven't heard anything (other than some hoax)
about the reality of their foolhardiness. What they have heard is
likely to be some myth spread by the Windows community to put
oil on the troubled waters and so they take the least difficult
path... that of no critical thought.

And as for updates and patches? Yes, they are in BIG trouble.
You've got to have your head in the sand if you think that most
home users have any idea about these things. "Why should I
update my software?" "It's too complicated!" "How do I know this
is a REAL update and not a virus like the last one?" It's the same
thing as with virus def updates: "I already have anti-virus
software. Why do I need to get another one?" They just don't get
it!

Why should it fall on the laps and shoulders of the users when
the professionals (the programmers and developers at M$) aren't
doing their jobs right in the first place? In medicine, it's called
"malpractice"!
Posted by: Dave Mount   Posted on: 07/14/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Oh shoot, this was Microsoft's way...  bjbrock | 07/14/04
Paranoia  mojoman_x@... | 07/14/04
So can IE...  BitTwiddler | 07/14/04
So can sticking your head in the sand!  Dave Mount | 07/14/04
'Important' Windows flaw could turn critical  Loverock Davidson | 07/14/04
Hey, you are brilliant, you could help MS with security PR.  DonnieBoy | 07/14/04
Ahhh another embittered Linux user  mojoman_x@... | 07/14/04
I checked out all ... one ..of them.  el1jones | 07/14/04
From the sound of it...  Letophoro | 07/14/04
Nope  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/14/04
Semantics  Letophoro | 07/14/04
Such as?  Martin Marvinski | 07/14/04
Funny that it was only the Windows...  bjbrock | 07/14/04
Your right  OhMyGosh | 07/14/04
Same hole  Eggs Ackley_z | 07/14/04
you mean...  ryusen | 07/14/04
Could be worse  AmusedAtItAll | 07/14/04
Yes I am  Loverock Davidson | 07/14/04
I didn't know  php_developer | 07/14/04
Possible?  Linux User 147560 | 07/14/04
But when users become more advanced they become more reckless  Michael Kelly | 07/14/04
Get REAL!  Dave Mount | 07/14/04
The kind of novices I mean...  Michael Kelly | 07/14/04
As they say..  d_jedi | 07/14/04
you're missing something...  ryusen | 07/14/04
Actually...  PA-ITGuy | 07/14/04
Also...  tallguy779 | 07/14/04
What?  d_jedi | 07/14/04
BECAUSE THEY ARE TOO STUPID!  jrbeaman | 07/14/04
(nt) That's what autoupdate is for  d_jedi | 07/14/04
Auto update still isn't good enough  Michael Kelly | 07/14/04
Re: Michael  d_jedi | 07/14/04
Infected  jguyp725@... | 08/11/04
You still haven't explained..  d_jedi | 07/14/04
Lousy take on it...  Martin Marvinski | 07/14/04
Idiots  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/14/04
You just don't get it, do you?  jrbeaman | 07/14/04
I get it  Loverock Davidson | 07/14/04
gave up on you BSD BS?  ryusen | 07/14/04
Nope  Loverock Davidson | 07/14/04
the required "user interaction"  ryusen | 07/14/04
Takes `significant' user interaction to work?  michael-t | 07/14/04
I guess we know which monkey you are.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 07/14/04
And Stevie was just bragging about progress on security.  DonnieBoy | 07/14/04
Microsoft's whole business is built on FUD  Xunil_Sierutuf | 07/14/04
red hat has more flaws look  ITsucks | 07/14/04
So what? This is about Microsoft.  jrbeaman | 07/14/04
microsoft has more flaws look  OhMyGosh | 07/14/04
lol just acting like a linux zealot  ITsucks | 07/14/04
No, he's right. Sorry buddy.  hayesk | 07/14/04
Don't be so hard on the poor guy.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 07/14/04
Ditto  Dave Mount | 07/14/04
but...  ryusen | 07/14/04
Good point always overlooked  Linux User 147560 | 07/14/04
Now try it in the other direction  Michael Kelly | 07/14/04
Let's take a look...  Linux User 147560 | 07/14/04
His success is only distributing the plague.  jrbeaman | 07/14/04
The problem with that is...  Dave Mount | 07/14/04
No heads?  htotten | 07/14/04
A developer with a conscience...  Dave Mount | 07/14/04
Come On People It is JUST A MINOR FLAW  RobertoSalazar | 07/14/04
THAT'S ALREADY BEEN FIXED nt  PA-ITGuy | 07/14/04
Well, right or wrong, this hurts Microsoft, keeps the bad news rolling.  DonnieBoy | 07/14/04
Fixed by who? The users? HA HA HA!  jrbeaman | 07/14/04
"Minor" flaw???  Dave Mount | 07/14/04
Didn't ppl say no one is reverse engineering patches  FilledOut | 07/14/04
Microsoft should encrypt the patches  d_jedi | 07/14/04
Rubbish...  Mike Cox | 07/14/04
When you finish patching all servers, is it time to patch again?  Xunil_Sierutuf | 07/14/04
It's like the old "Dunkin' Donuts" commercial  jfrankcarr | 07/14/04
Gotta be Mike's neighbor to use Windows!  Dave Mount | 07/14/04
Some of us have more important things  tpc944 | 07/14/04
I don't see the humour..  d_jedi | 07/14/04
Hmmmmmmmmmm  North of the 49th | 07/14/04
Great big "ATTABOY!"  Dave Mount | 07/14/04
Ok, is it me or...  BitTwiddler | 07/14/04
Not strange, predictable.  jrbeaman | 07/14/04
Not Really  jion | 07/14/04
Discovered by Mozilla project and patched  Eggs Ackley_z | 07/14/04
Windows Flaw  wtasbury@... | 07/14/04
Wrong people, your plan should ...  jrbeaman | 07/14/04
Yes, just two beheadings should do it  Eggs Ackley_z | 07/14/04
The pleasure center of my brain just tingled.  Xunil_Sierutuf | 07/14/04
yes of course...  ryusen | 07/14/04
There's something called "passive aggressive"  Dave Mount | 07/14/04
Viruses , trojans -- A "Great" computer experience?  firstmagnitude | 07/14/04
You got the picture.  jrbeaman | 07/14/04
Get out of the rat race  georgep_z | 07/14/04
Amen!  crash89 | 07/14/04
Agreed. Just get away from Windows  hayesk | 07/14/04
Heretic!  Dave Mount | 07/14/04
Did anyone notice?  ryusen | 07/14/04
Virus Writers  kenp@... | 07/14/04
The first couple of them, maybe..  Xunil_Sierutuf | 07/14/04
Re: Virus Writers  Wizard57M | 07/14/04
Another tools used by Homeland Security discovered!!!  toomuchgreeatea@... | 07/14/04
I don't use Outlook Express why do I have to keep patching it?  duclod | 07/14/04
Because  Michael Kelly | 07/14/04
Enterprise analyst, where are you?  Expatriate US Geek | 07/14/04
Must be at MacWorld.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 07/14/04
EXTRA.. EXTRA.. THIS NEWS JUST IN..  FreeBSD | 07/14/04
Bummer. But, no big deal.  marksashton | 07/14/04
Right On Brother!  bunnyman | 07/14/04
One small (okay, maybe big) problem  crash89 | 07/14/04
Really? Describe the "app" that the patches broke.  marksashton | 07/14/04
Here you go  voska | 07/15/04
Could have been shorter...  Dave Mount | 07/14/04
Gotta be a MSFT Evangelical...  Dave Mount | 07/14/04
jfrankcarr, you are right. the danger is the "guy"  what_now2 | 07/14/04

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