20 Years Malware in one year!

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Hi there ShagDevil,

I thought it was interesting as we get all these sort of statistical analyses around this time of the year

The second point is interesting, as it emphasises the traditional "fraud" or "confidence trick" aspect of this sort of activity.

If you are naive, careless and clicky clicky you will get in trouble no matter what hardware and software you use.

None of that will defend you against social engineering, just like the scams of pre-computer days.

As for the first question.............. well, current software, and safe surfing is one thing and a well configured firewall is a help. But what about XSS, hijacked banner ads, MITM, drive byes and so on. I guess that it depends where you surf and how you go about it, as I know lots of people who have no problems.

The lady sounds like a lot of people who think that they can rely on technology rather than common sense?.............. I bet she logs in with an administrator account