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Re:University pays $20,000 to ransomware hackers by pjmlp on Friday June 10, 2016 @05:35AM (#11875236)
If you search online Mac forums many people ask how to disable such features.

For average joe and jane security is a nuisance.

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Re:University pays $20,000 to ransomware hackers by atomic_lock on Friday June 10, 2016 @09:02AM (#11876037)
Most of the people I know still keep it on. It also makes the user think a bit before clicking through the scary warning.
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Re:University pays $20,000 to ransomware hackers by pjmlp on Friday June 10, 2016 @10:10AM (#11876436)
Many people just click away at every dialog that disturbs their workflow, specially if they are made to look similar to the real ones.

That is how many of these exploits work, regardless of the OS.

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Re:University pays $20,000 to ransomware hackers by prof_hobart on Friday June 10, 2016 @08:25AM (#11875853)
Not as much of a nuisance as having all of your data corrupted.
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Re:University pays $20,000 to ransomware hackers by pjmlp on Friday June 10, 2016 @10:08AM (#11876420)
Fully agree, but sadly not as many think about it, only after getting through such a pain.
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