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« on: December 21, 2013, 10:25:23 AM »
With things like CryptoLocker running riot around the web, the best thing is to educate people on how to actually prevent the problem in the first place. It's a sysadmin's nightmare to have to deal with malware (of any kind).
In my experience though, very few people/home users do have a pro-active look on web security. Most appear to just want to "get stuff done" and worry about the consequences if/when things go wrong. It's a shame because with Facebook, Twitter, cloud storage etc, we put our lives on the internet & technology is vital to our every day lives, so when things go wrong they really do hit home.
I've had the unfortunate task of telling a few CryptoLocker "victims" that it's tough luck - your family photos have gone unless you want to risk your money going half way around the world and still, potentially, be no closer to getting your files back. Their first question? "Why didn't my anti virus catch it?"