At 01:33 PM 7/30/2009 -0400, you wrote:
You should only be angry at yourself, as nothing was installed without your permission.
This is exactly why I have locked down all the computers at the Senior Center. Users have nearly no permissions. I have all browsers opening to Google's home page, to make it easy for all the newbies to use the web. However, I don't need to spend days uninstalling things that they may innocently click on and download/install.
I'm finding it very difficult to teach these seniors not to be afraid of the machines, and yet balance that with the security issues that they will find on their home computers. Since I've started this program, the repair shop across the street has gotten several new customers. :) I've convinced that shop that when these people bring their machines in to get them cleaned, they will install Firefox and then I teach them to use that instead of IE. It solves some of the problems.
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