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Old 06-12-2008, 07:57 AM   #55 (permalink)
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Re: Heightened Security on the Windows PlayOnline Viewer
Originally Posted by WishMaster3K View Post
People who don't know how to use computers shouldn't.
Fixed. Macs are not going to save a stupid user from themselves.

Are you going to get a keylogger? Almost certainly not. Are you going to still use insanely insecure practices, and suffer when someone takes advantage of it? Hell yes.


Originally Posted by Phanex View Post
then are they stupid cause they didn't know to download a patch that didnt' exsist until the 23rd?
This is hardly ever the case. The majority of security exploits, especially ones used by groups that aren't really technically inclined like RMTs, are not Zero Day, and have been patched for awhile. Like Mhurron pointed out, we know when these attacks happened and when the patches were released. Your explanation is not valid.

RMT are not hackers. They are money grabbers. They look for what they can sell in online games for a quick buck. They go after low hanging fruit. In computer security terms, those fruits are people who don't take measures to protect themselves (and really, this is the case for almost all exploits in general).



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