Creeva’s World 2.0

Peo­ple in the secu­rity world were all pretty sure that users never paid atten­tion to dia­log boxes.   Ars Tech­nica printed infor­ma­tion about a study per­formed North Car­olina State Uni­ver­sity that proves that the secu­rity pro­fes­sion­als were cor­rect.  Most users only want to get rid of the imme­di­ate annoy­ance and don’t read what is hap­pen­ing on their screens.

We already know most peo­ple don’t read their end user license agree­ments — but come on.  How many fake win­dows dia­log ban­ner ads do you need to load and have bad things hap­pen to your com­puter before you learn.   Unlike other child­hood cause and effect lessons, we don’t lear click­ing the but­ton is bad like the stove is hot when we get burned.   There is a mantra I’ve always enjoyed, “If Stu­pid­ity Can’t Hurt, Then It Should Cost”.   I’m rather happy that most users that click and click and click to punch the mon­key or get rid of fake ban­ners hads more then likely spend hun­dreds of dol­lars keep­ing their com­puter in run­ning order after the spy­ware has had a field day.   I do feel sorry for their fam­ily mem­bers that have to fix it for free though.…..

For More infor­ma­tion click the link below (Ars Tech­nica)

Fake popup study sadly con­firms most users are idiots