Reply to post: For those saying people can't fall for Windows screensavers...

Yay for Tor! It's given us ransomware-as-a-service

prince_h

For those saying people can't fall for Windows screensavers...

...believe me, you can. I still have people ask me about downloading YouTube and answering the Prince of Arabia about a secret business transaction. So falling for a Windows screensaver would not faze me at all, esp if someone in the office were to do that.

While intelligence can't be cultivated, a good security system can be put in place instead. Any software to control malware from coming in should be implemented, specifically software that can deal with workers that don't know much about security or computers in general. For instance, in our office, we set up our 70 PCs with Rollback Rx (time machine software, instant restore) so that any silly mistake our workers make can be reserved.

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