Daily I listen to people complain about how the technology doesnt work, how they are not protected and how law enforcement is doing nothing about things like bots, hackers, phishers and virus writers. Well those people are wrong. vVlume is the name of the game when dealing with these things and these guys need to control as much as possible. With the potential of hundreds of millions of computers online at any one time, the bad guys cant resist the bait and will go for the low hanging fruit, namely computers that are left open to attack. That means your computer sitting at home that is always on and never scanned or updated or watched.

If people want these things to stop or at least slow they need to take responsibility for their actions. Spend the $60 a year for a good antiviral program. Keep your system updated. And stop clicking on every link you receive!

Its like walking through a bad part of town and seeing a dark alley and wandering down it. Not smart!!!

To use another analogy, when it comes to your home, you take steps to protect it and those inside. You use locks, close windows and respond to weird noises. If something happens you might even call the police. You dont ignore the weirdness. Well your computer is your online home. Take the same precautions.

Technology can only go so far, the user has to do some of the work as well.

Go ahead and knock off all the Windows users who are too ignorant to use simple and available prevention. Just make sure you don't interfere with people who are not contributing to the problem, Linux and (presumably) Mac users.