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PEBKAC Still Plagues PC Security
Billosaur writes "ARS Technica is reporting on a study release by McAfee and the National Cyber Security Alliance (as part of the beginning of National Cyber Security Awareness Month) that suggests when it comes to PC security, the problem between the keyboard and the chair is even worse. PEBKAC has always been a problem, but the study highlights just how prevalent it has become. 87 percent of the users contacted said they used anti-virus software, while 70 percent use anti-spyware software. Fewer (64 percent) reported having their firewalls turned on, and only 27 percent use software designed to stop phishing attempts. Researchers were allowed to scan the computers of a subset of the users, and while 70 percent claimed to be using anti-spyware software, only 55 percent of the machines of those users scanned showed evidence of the software."
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Have you read my blog? Neither have I.
Problem in Chair, Not In Computer. PICNIC.
That's the phrase I heard used to describe this condition.
Can't wait for the "disciplined computer user" licenses, we can lock all those computer illiterate retards out!
Health class is a bit like having a class for condom enthusiasts who sit around talking about how the average user doesn't wear a condom. And then having a good old laugh at them while at the same time being a smug prick.
These people may have more sexually transmitted diseases, but i bet they get laid more often.
See? See?!? Slashdot didn't make it "immediately obvious" that I failed to close my tag properly. Blame Slashdot!!
Yeah, and there could be a huge Linux virus epidemic. Its just stealthy enough that its not being detected!
Yes it's called vi. *dons asbestos vest*
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
DUH!!! lol.... you must be new here....
Roses are red, violets are blue, most poems rhyme, but this one doesn't...