Re:Ask HN: How do I protect my parents from the internet?
by antisthenes on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @12:14PM
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This might be the best argument for using an adblocker indiscriminately.
For whatever reason, the web got to this point where non-technical people get infected within minutes, whatever advertising revenue is lost by content creators isn't worth my headaches providing tech support to family members and friends.
Re:Ask HN: How do I protect my parents from the internet?
by imadfy on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @01:26PM
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It's truly pathetic that Google is selling ads that respond to a search for "Chrome" with malware.
Re:Ask HN: How do I protect my parents from the internet?
by andrewf on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @04:32PM
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to google for "chrome" on internet explorer
Is google being used as a generic verb here, in relation to Internet Explorer's default search engine?
Re:Ask HN: How do I protect my parents from the internet?
by totalZero on Thursday November 10, 2016 @01:47AM
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I prefer to bing things on duckduckgo.
Re:Ask HN: How do I protect my parents from the internet?
by chipperyman573 on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @11:18PM
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Bing is selling ads for "Chrome" searches, not Google. IE/Edge default to Bing.
My father complained of virus and malwares on his computer.
I came home, formatted his hard drive and re-installed windows.
I go to eat lunch with my mother in the kitchen, a few minutes later I hear "[baby], I have a virus on my computer!". WHAT?
The first thing he did was to google for "chrome" on internet explorer and use the first result. The first result is a google ads for a malware containing chrome. Had to reformat his computer one more time. I think that's the moment where he got it.