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Protecting Mom’s PC

Written By
SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Sep 17, 2009

[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols
for this link. ]

“I have a dad, who thinks he knows computers, and he
does know electronics, but software, well, that’s another story. I
also have a mother-in-law, who’s both totally non-technical and
she’s a native Spanish-speaker with little English and my Spanish
is awful. They’re both bright people, but when it comes to computer
security, they’re babes in the woods.

“I’ve tried, just like I know many of you have with your
computer naïve friends and relatives, to get them up to speed
on PC security 101. I’ve installed anti-virus software, I’ve set
their firewalls to keep out everything except e-mail and the Web;
and told them that they must always update their computers. You
know the drill.

“And, of course, they still click on fake Web pages; and they
click on the links in e-mails that purport to be from Hallmark
and… Well, I don’t need to tell you the rest. You’ve been there,
you’ve done that.”

Complete
Story

SJV

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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