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Originally Posted by ApK
Secondly, the attack vectors have become very sneaky and convincing, and I cannot fault non-techies or newbies who just want to see their family's Facebook pages or play on-line poker or whatever from falling for some of them. And they do. I sometimes feel like sanitizing acquaintance's PCs is my second career.
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And there's always the option of ridding yourself of Microsoft. I've been running Linux since 1992. I've *never* had a virus. And before you start ... Yes I understand that there are a lot of apps that only run under Microsoft (though Wine is getting better). Yes, I understand that Mom wants to play her favorite game. And so on and so on. Anything that requires the internet (which probably accounts for 90% of the typical home user) can be run on a Linux box that *can* be as simple to use as Windows. Dual-boot to Windows for non-internet related stuff.
I doubt if that will happen. Windows is too ingrained in peoples minds and the inertia to change is too great.