Matt
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| Honestly.... They are generally pointless for the majority of users.
I mean, how many people know WTH svchost.exe is and why it's trying to access the internet.
The general computer populace doesn't understand outbound protection, what needs it and what doesn't.
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jdmurray
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Jason Levine
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| said by Matt  :
They are generally pointless for the majority of users.
I mean, how many people know WTH svchost.exe is and why it's trying to access the internet.
The general computer populace doesn't understand outbound protection, what needs it and what doesn't.
Let's assume that we have two identical clueless users whose PCs are infected by viruses/spyware/trojan/whatever that is trying to connect out to either spread itself or phone home. The user without outbound protection will always let the malicious app connect out. The user with the outbound protection at least has a 50% chance of blocking it (Yes/No). And if the "do you want to let it connect to the Internet" question is phrased right, they might get scared enough to click No or at least ask a PC expert.
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Matt
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| Re: Honestly.... said by Jason Levine :
The user with the outbound protection at least has a 50% chance of blocking it (Yes/No). And if the "do you want to let it connect to the Internet" question is phrased right, they might get scared enough to click No or at least ask a PC expert.
Very True, but the majority of users are simply going to remember, "When I say no, things don't work." and are conditioned to say yes.
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Roanoke, VA | Re: Honestly.... Don't forget the 50/50/90 rule. If there is a 50/50 chance 90% chose the wrong answer, statistically! | |
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