YoKenny Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 I found this interesting Avira survey: only one out of every two people know the danger of Drive-by-DownloadsTue, 19 August 2008 Using alleged harmless websites, offenders smuggle malware, such as viruses, Trojan Horses and Adware, unnoticed on to computers. However more than half of the internet users have never heard of Drive-by-Downloads. Tettnang, 19 August 2008 ? Phishing, Pharming, Spoofing and Drive-by-Downloads: the possibilities for money-grabbing online scams to spy on personal surfing data are increasing. Eleven percent of users underestimate the danger of falling for online scams because "they do not visit any obscene internet pages". This is a big mistake as it only needs the user to surf on an alleged harmless internet site, the opening of an e-mail or just clicking of a popup in order to infect the computer with dangerous malware. In their most recent survey, the protection experts from Avira have posed the "moral issue of the month" to 10,390 visitors on www.free-av.de: "In all honesty, are you really aware of the risk of Drive-by-Downloads?" http://www.avira.com/it/company_news/drive-by-downloads.html I use Avira on my old 500MHZ PIII 512MB RAM system running XP Pro SP3 and it works quite well. "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school." - Albert Einstein IE7Pro user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarq57 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Avira survey: only one out of every two people know the danger of Drive-by-Downloads Cripes. That many! Mind you , that's of a cross section of folk who have actually taken the survey, and thus demonstrated some interest in computer security. I reckon the real number is probably about 20%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted August 20, 2008 Moderators Share Posted August 20, 2008 I am sure some folk think drive -by - downloads are Big Mac's through the car window. Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny Posted August 20, 2008 Author Share Posted August 20, 2008 I am sure some folk think drive -by - downloads are Big Mac's through the car window. Personally I like the Drive-thru beer barns down in the good ol' USofA. "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school." - Albert Einstein IE7Pro user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 It all sounds less harmful than the Drive-By media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny Posted August 20, 2008 Author Share Posted August 20, 2008 Calvin and Hobbs email just delivered to me: http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2008/08/20 "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school." - Albert Einstein IE7Pro user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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