Creating Better Malware Warnings Through Psychology

msm1267 writes "Generic malware warnings that alert computer users to potential trouble are largely ineffective and often ignored. Researchers at Cambridge University, however, have proposed a change to the status quo, believing instead that warnings should be re-architected to include concrete, specific warnings that are not technical and rely less on fear than current alerts."

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Waste of Time

[Anonymous Coward]

The fake warnings that get people to click on them will just copy the wording and format of the new warnings and use those to entice people to "click here to avert catastrophe".