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Posted by Steven Bink July 15, 2008 1:19 PM with 1 comment(s)
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Microsoft piracy experts tell patents to tell their kids to behave themselves when they are online

New research released by Microsoft today suggests that the UK is a nation of unrepentant pirates, who know what they are doing is wrong but just do not care.

Microsoft warned that when downloading copy written material internet users run the risk of installing spyware, and explained that downloads from file-sharing sites are more than twice as likely to contain such malicious attachments. These in turn, it explained, pave the way for data loss, ID theft and viruses.

Much of the blame for piracy is placed at the feet of the young, who are accused of being street savvy, but not tech savvy. This disconnect is blamed for their tendency to download files that could be malicious, and for opening up home PCs, which could be used by flexible workers, to the risk of infection.

Michala Wardell, head of anti-piracy at Microsoft in the UK, said that parents should do more to protect both their home computers, and their children.

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charro said:

Well yes maybe. I don't have kids but have helped fixed and install computers to friends that do. And I know for a fact most of the parents don't know what their kids are downloading and is very hard to monitor them all of the time.

July 16, 2008 9:57 PM

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