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That's not true in the majority of cases, although it's possible that our experiences are being distorted by the fact that users don't tend to bring their machi

That's not true in the majority of cases, although it's possible that our experiences are being distorted by the fact that users don't tend to bring their machines in until they're nearly unusable. But of those infected systems, we see relatively few that have truly sneaky, invisible-to-the-user malware. Far more that's just a gigantic pain in the ass to remove as it's hooked into everything in order to display ads at the user or rewrite links or shoddy code has destroyed one or more browser or OS components.

ramtatatam 11y ago
You have very high regard of yourself (not saying it's wrong :-] ) On my VPS's I always assume I was already compromised. I never trust my system in current state until I do all the checks including analysis of my logs. I have automated this into certain level but you can never know :-) People I work with used to say that it is only a matter of time somebody will try something you have not thought about - to be prepared for such situations is the key. But that's just my private opinion.