Joeteck
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There's really nothing to laugh about. So you are good at computers, but 98% of the people around you are not... I try to teach my kid since he's young not to laugh at others misfortune...
Anyway, I would imagine that most of these 98% of people are better then you at something else (something you are not interested in).
Malware is starting to be a really big problem, and sooner or later it will be used as an excuse to lock down computers and the internet into something that us 2% will hate.
Has your son asked for a processor from a company called AMD?
Does your son install programs like Lunix, bonzi buddy, comet cursor? He's a hacker! No! It's not your kid surfing porn and wanting a faster rig for games (and to compensate for the bogdown from all the porn spyware, ie, bonzi buddy, comet cursor)
My kid is quite computer literate for a 5 year old. He knows how to run virtual machines under vmware, go to web pages (by typing the urls), start programs etc. However there is a limit to what you expect somebody his age be able to do (besides I don't let him use the computer for more then an hour a week).
Even I occasionally have problems concentrating enough while installing programs that seem valid, to remove the selections that would install junk on the side. I really don't expect computer illiterate people to be able to use a computer without being infected these day's. There's just too many programs to keep up to date, and often even that is not enough. It's easy to blame the end user though...
To be able to keep a computer and your online accounts secure you have to have an understanding of how things work. To gain that understanding you have to be interested in how things work, and most people just don't care... Now the big question is should they care, or should there be a change in the whole mentality of how operating systems and programs work (sorry, don't have an easy answer for this).
I don't see what your 80s rant has to do with fake anti virus programs tricking the regular computer users. Just about everyone has a computer, most that I know have the internet and use it. Windows XP or any other OS really is pretty easy to use or even learn for the first time to just get online or set up your email. Give anyone a little time and they will learn how to use their computer for what they want. That doesn't change the fact that they won't read everything they say YES to when using something on the internet or a program and they probably won't be able to spy a fake product that looks pretty similar to a real one.
+1.There's really nothing to laugh about. So you are good at computers, but 98% of the people around you are not... I try to teach my kid since he's young not to laugh at others misfortune...
Anyway, I would imagine that most of these 98% of people are better then you at something else (something you are not interested in).
Malware is starting to be a really big problem, and sooner or later it will be used as an excuse to lock down computers and the internet into something that us 2% will hate.
+1 again.Sorry, but you are mistaken. Most people have a mental block when it comes to understanding what's going on with the computer. They feel questions are presented in a complicated way, and usually don't even end up reading them.
Windows XP is not easy to use, especially for somebody who does not understand the difference between an application and an operating system.
Configuring an email account is not easy for somebody who does not understand what pop3, imap, SSL and mail server stand for.
I've seen enough people with inability to read on screen questions to stop blaming them for not reading it - a solution has to come from somewhere else (as dumb as it may sound).
You consider windows xp to be simple enough for people to learn, the problem is most people don't want to learn it. They just want to do some simple task...
The world really needs a totally dumbed down operating system made with uninterested novice users in mind.
+1.
+1 again.
Most of my customers tend to have this stuff on the PC. How would a novice user even have a clue???
The illitterate fall for these things. I've just recently removed that "Antivirus 2010" from someone's computer. It's one of those people that gets a virus every few months even though they have good AV software installed already. People fall for this crap.
These fake companies do such a great job in making it seem so legit.