If my wife uses my computer and infects it, is it still my fault?

LUA separate user account + Sandboxie is just as good as a VM in my opinion =p

Just have explorer sandboxed. Probably not as secure but lighter on resources.

 

My experience with my wife and family is that they don't like sandboxie at all. They don't understand what it does and don't really want to learn. "where is my document at" "where is my pciture at" is all I hear.

VM solves those issue when they use my machine, which is very rare now. They can plink away the way they are used to, and I don't have to worry about what they do.

I wish more people actually wanted to understand some basics. Sandboxie is not a hard thing to understand, but for some reason many novice users simply don't care enough to learn. Sort of a common theme I see in people and computers.

Sul.

EDIT: lighter on resources is no longer a concern with 2600k and 16gb ram. Actually, it wasn't on e6700 c2d and 4gb ram either

 

Yeah, I get you. VM would certainly be fine on that hardware.

 

Of course its your fault. You should have had it secured in the first place.

 

Its your fault most definitely, so just fix it, don't even bother telling her how you did it, just tell her its working again. Then make a decent System Backup image & keep it updated for the next disaster that comes your or her way. No, wives do not like security, I think if I put Sandboxie on her computer she would really get upset.

 

Um..next time use a rubber --oops I mean a Trojan.. um I mean better protection .. uh nvm.

 

Simple.
It's your fault because you didn't take the time to teach her the proper and safe way to drive your car.
Silly man.
Hugger

 

I assume she has a license. It's not your responsibility to teach her.

And this is where the analogy falls apart =p it's the governments job to license users. Computers just aren't cars.

 

Let's license computer users...I want another addition to my list of things to blame the government for

 

a) yes,it is - you chose to marry an infectious person
b) you should keep it in a box full of mices
c) buy another computer,just for her (like my cousin did in similar situation)

Tuff Choices...

 

My wife and my son share a computer which I'm the administrator (but I don't use it). I used to have all sorts of problems in the past cleaning it as they are the type of users who are not interested in computer security, and will just click on anything.

I solved the problem with Shadow Defender and Returnil, scheduled to run on boot, no infections or other problems for more than 2 years (I do have a few images though, just in case the HDD might have a sudden death).

 

Prudent choice!
Boot-to-Restore solutions,
like Shadow Defender, Returnil, Deep Freeze etc.
have been ideal for Average Home Users who need effective Security without User-Intervention.
I've suggested/installed the 'Free Combo' (= Sanboxie + Returnil)
to many friends, relatives, coworkers etc.
and found...piece of mind...