Comments on: Security Myths http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/security-myths Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:51:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Allysa Myers http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/security-myths/comment-page-1#comment-16253 Allysa Myers Thu, 01 May 2008 00:11:21 +0000 http://www.labs.com/research/blog/?p=630#comment-16253 K - That might keep you safe from the javascript threats, but there are a world of other kinds of malware that spread without user intervention or javascript. That's a good point: All the security in the world will not help if you willingly let the burglar in the front door. Nathan - Is it more palatable to deal with the cost of having your identity stolen? Are the lost cycles due to being a spam-proxy or having constant pop-up ads preferable to the lost cycles due to security software? K – That might keep you safe from the javascript threats, but there are a world of other kinds of malware that spread without user intervention or javascript.
That’s a good point: All the security in the world will not help if you willingly let the burglar in the front door.

Nathan – Is it more palatable to deal with the cost of having your identity stolen? Are the lost cycles due to being a spam-proxy or having constant pop-up ads preferable to the lost cycles due to security software?

]]> By: Nathan http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/security-myths/comment-page-1#comment-16252 Nathan Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:59:04 +0000 http://www.labs.com/research/blog/?p=630#comment-16252 While you are entirely correct about how must of a necessity AV software is, a lot of people just can't stomach the cost in dollars and system resources. While you are entirely correct about how must of a necessity AV software is, a lot of people just can’t stomach the cost in dollars and system resources.

]]> By: K http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/security-myths/comment-page-1#comment-16251 K Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:57:04 +0000 http://www.labs.com/research/blog/?p=630#comment-16251 But if you disable javascript in your browser then you can't be hurt by a hacked web site. In my opinion, running with javascript on is just another bad behavior, like opening unknown email attachments. The classic bad behavior is the person who runs an AV who says "oh, it's ok, I can open this email because I run an AV!" Good luck with that one. But if you disable javascript in your browser then you can’t be hurt by a hacked web site. In my opinion, running with javascript on is just another bad behavior, like opening unknown email attachments.

The classic bad behavior is the person who runs an AV who says “oh, it’s ok, I can open this email because I run an AV!” Good luck with that one.

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