Chrome users ignore security warnings.

[Gary]

Research tracks 25m browser warning messages, says Chrome users most reckless 


http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/15/google_study_finds_chrome_is_leastsecure_browser/

[Simon]

[Gary]

As so many peeps say the person behind the keyboard is generally the least secure part, Simon. I still know people that don't update their machines security patches. 

[Simon]

Indeed. 

Having said that, and having said how well my XP was working, I've had nothing but trouble with the last lot of updates for the .NET family.  I had to fully reinstall .NET 1.1 in order for the patch to be applied, and now it keeps wanting to re-apply patches already installed for .NET 2.0.  I wish I didn't have to have the bloody thing, but some of my programs won't work without it. 

[Baz]

well i have to admit that I dont do .NET updates for that same reason and Ive no idea what its for 

but believe this or not Gary, I know people who dont have any anti virus on their machines

[Simon]

It could be argued that one who practises safe surfing and never opens emails attachments could get away without having AV installed, but there was a thing some years back called Blaster Worm, which could infect an unpatched machine within seconds of it going online.  This was a nightmare when reinstalling Windows, as you'd get the infection before you could download the patch, hence having the patch available to apply offline.  I'm sure there is other malware like that around, so I would never advise anyone to have no protection when going online. 

[Gary]

well i have to admit that I dont do .NET updates for that same reason and Ive no idea what its for 

but believe this or not Gary, I know people who dont have any anti virus on their machines

I would do those updates, baz. There has been security risks in the .Net framework like this for example: A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your system and gain control over it. Update them, Baz.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=28570

[Clive]

I have never seen such a warning message using Chrome so it's obvious I don't look at any dodgy websites.   

[Simon]

Funny, they didn't need the warming till you started using Chrome, Clive. 

[Clive]

Are you suggesting I look at hot sites?   

[Simon]

Cooking ones, of course. 

[Technical Ben]

As so many peeps say the person behind the keyboard is generally the least secure part, Simon. I still know people that don't update their machines security patches. 

I'm on FF 12 (or is it 14) still. I'm waiting for the decades worth anniversary before making the jump. At the speed of FF updates that will be 2.5 seconds and SWIron that I turn to instead. 

[Gary]

I'm on FF 12 (or is it 14) still. I'm waiting for the decades worth anniversary before making the jump. At the speed of FF updates that will be 2.5 seconds and SWIron that I turn to instead. 

The thing is unless you are on the extended release version you have vulnerabilities that mean you can get hammered by malware and your av cannot always stop that. Version 22 is perfectly stable. Its better to have an updated browser you don't use than one that's risky. Its not porn sites etc that are the issue now, they oddly enough in a recent report were said to be much safer than others because they want return business. Any site can be compromised these days and ones that people use every day are better for malware as they reach a larger audience, idnetters had a incident with a Turkish hacking group once that meant the site was redirected I believe. 

Anti virus is only as good as the signatures and heuristics and if they don't get new signatures in the first few days chances they wont ever, also staying ahead is impossible, new attacks are launched so often that no av can protects against. Its a race no one can win really so staying up to date is the first port of call for everyone really.

[Technical Ben]

As said. I'm probably going to go over to SwIron anyhow now.

[Gary]

As said. I'm probably going to go over to SwIron anyhow now.

Iron from what I have seen looks good.

[Simon]

It's Chrome without the Cr@p! 

[Clive]

I tried it on a desktop because Chrome was hogging all the memory.  But I didn't like it and got rid of the computer instead. 

[Simon]

That was a bit extreme! 

[Clive]

You should know me by now!