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Phew, for a moment there I thought it was a drive-by installer. I am mortified of these as it already happened to me while casually browsing the web. Nah, it's

• daenney 10y ago
  That people are dumb, for whatever definition of dumb we feel like adhering to today, does little against the fact that someone promoting their extension as a security mechanism goes above and beyond to try and get you to install some malware.
  • Kenji 10y ago
    The difference between drive-by viruses and downloadable exe viruses that have to be manually executed is like the difference between someone who pretends to be your relative to convince you to give him money and someone who robs you at gunpoint. You're immune to one thing if you're not gullible and dumb, but completely powerless against the other, all it takes is unfortunate circumstances. Now, both are bad, of course, but one is vastly more concerning and hard to protect oneself against.
• RaleyField 10y ago
  > if you're dumb Everyone should get CS degree to operate a computer. /s