Quite frequently I am asked by friends, neighbors, relatives, and even people I have know idea hwo they are to ?fix? their aleing computer. Nine time out of Ten the computers problem is directly releated to user issues. These issues have to do with their click on any thing attitude that enevably res...

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I agree with Microsoft's point. Although both are valid issues that must be addressed. Security in any form is the sum of many parts, typically the human factor being the weakest link. Bottom line though, technology can only help so much! The real problem comes down to a lack of critical thinking sk...

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I think their analysis is a little simplistic. MyWife had a whole lot of publicity, which meant that people took it seriously and were looking for/eradicating it. This P2P bug hasn't had nearly the publicity, and people may not be willing to admit publicly they were infected (sort of like someone ...

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There are two fatal flaws with this analysis.

Firstly, since this data is gathered through MS' "Malicious Software Removal Tool", we are only going to be seeing data from systems that regularly run Windows Update. Almost by definition, those machines are less likely to be afflicted by malware tha...

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