Ask Slashdot: How Would You Secure Your Parents' PC? 408
New submitter StirlingArcher writes "I've always built/maintained my parents' PC's, but as Mum has got older her PC seems to develop problems more readily. I would love to switch her to Linux, but she struggles with change and wants to stay with Vista and MS Office. I've done the usual remove Admin rights, use a credible Internet Security package. Is there anything more dramatic that I could do, without changing the way she uses her PC or enforcing a new OS on her again? One idea was to use a Linux OS and then run Vista in a VM, which auto-boots and creates a backup image every so often. Thanks for any help!"
Ubuntu (Score:1, Funny)
Hide the IE and MSO icons. (Score:4, Funny)
Install Firefox, LibreOffice & Thunderbird. Insist that she use them. If she ignores your advice, tell her you can't/won't help her.
(Living on your own, doing your own laundry and being over age 25 adds necessary gravitas.)
Re:They're dead (Score:5, Funny)
Bruce Wayne, is that you?
Re:Linux (Score:5, Funny)
"Is this how sons-in-law say 'F- You' these days?"
"Must be!"
"Don't call him ever again."
Re:Is it as bad a Symantec? (Score:5, Funny)
Is it as bad a Symantec?
No. In fact, I can't really think of anything that is. Maybe there are a few viruses that are as bad.