Can it be so difficult to implement a single, simple system that is secure and protects the elderly and disabled from these cyber predators who would steal from the frail?
In a word, yes! Todays cyber criminals are computer whizz kids, expert programmers and networkers who, with the aid of todays super fast computers, can crack just about anything. Luckily for us they tend to go for bigger fish than our bank accounts where they may get a few thousand and tend to concentrate on corporate institutions. Mind you, the latest virus doing the rounds, called "Gameover Zeus (GOZeuS)" is specifically aimed at us, the day to day PC users and these will fleece you. Users are typically infected by clicking on attachments or links in emails which may look like they have been sent by genuine contacts and may purport to carry invoices, voicemail messages, or any file made to look innocuous. These emails are generated by other victims' computers, who do not realise they are infected, and are used to send mass emails creating more victims." The virus only affects Windows, including Windows running on Apple Macs, and people are being urged to install anti-virus software and update their operating systems to the latest version to stop it form infecting their machines.
These programs, once on your computer, lie dormant until you go to a bank or similar site, then they "wake-up" and record your log-in details and send them back to their "control". Simple!
So glad I went over to Mac