Comments on: Risk of Infection http://blog.ellywilliams.co.uk/2004/02/09/risk-of-infection/ Caught Between Industries Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:39:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mark http://blog.ellywilliams.co.uk/2004/02/09/risk-of-infection/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Mark Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ellythompson.co.uk/blog/?p=39#comment-74 Well, for a start if you get ill it's you that's stuck in bed for a week feeling awful - if your computer gets a virus then there's a good chance that it can be "someone else's problem" (the IT department, Microsoft or the government perhaps.) Also, until you've had your hard drive scrambled, there's a huge temptation to believe "it'll never happen to me." That's quite possibly the best reason I've seen for people not worrying about viri, and I have encountered the "it'll never happen to me". I do think that M$ deserve a certain amount of flack though, it's their security models that cause half the problems. The level of "integration" they use is also not generally a "safe" thing... Well, for a start if you get ill it’s you that’s stuck in bed for a week feeling awful – if your computer gets a virus then there’s a good chance that it can be “someone else’s problem” (the IT department, Microsoft or the government perhaps.) Also, until you’ve had your hard drive scrambled, there’s a huge temptation to believe “it’ll never happen to me.”

That’s quite possibly the best reason I’ve seen for people not worrying about viri, and I have encountered the “it’ll never happen to me”.

I do think that M$ deserve a certain amount of flack though, it’s their security models that cause half the problems. The level of “integration” they use is also not generally a “safe” thing…

]]> By: Elly Thompson's Weblog http://blog.ellywilliams.co.uk/2004/02/09/risk-of-infection/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Elly Thompson's Weblog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ellythompson.co.uk/blog/?p=39#comment-75 <strong>Kindred Spirit</strong> Bill Thompson talks a lot of sense. I've read a number of the things he's written on his personal site and in the columns he writes for the BBC Technology section - some of which are the same and... Kindred Spirit
Bill Thompson talks a lot of sense. I’ve read a number of the things he’s written on his personal site and in the columns he writes for the BBC Technology section – some of which are the same and…

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