The pen (or keyboard) is mightier then the malware!

The title kinda says it all, doesn't it? I say it because... well, because it's true, really.

If you are a loyal reader of my blog, you will no doubt have noticed that malware can spread quickly across the internet. This is because they have the methods to do it that are hard to stop: Social Media, Email, Chat Programs, etc. This technology moves fast, so the malware moves as fast as the technology does. With one post on a social media website that grabs passwords and sends itself along, someone could infect the entire web.

Sounds like we are at a disadvantage, right? In a way, we are. Because most of the time, malware is set to automatically do this stuff right after it infects a computer. But we can turn the tables: We can use the very same technology that they use against them. We can spread news that there is a new piece of malware that users should be on the lookout for. We can spread the info on how to avoid getting infected. We can spread the news of anything really at a speed that almost matches that of the malware. If users know ahead of time, they can know not to click on something that they now know is infected or is malware in and of itself, effectively stopping the malware process of infecting and spreading.

Unfortunately, this is something that can only be done if we get enough people to share the info with others from the start. If we can, that means that friends that share the info with friends will get some of their friends interested. And those friends in turn will spread the info along to their friends. Then those friends will spread it on, and so on, and so on, and... well you get the idea.

This is what I attempt to do by blogging. If the info gets out there before the malware really starts gearing up, we can keep the number of infected computers down to it's minimum. And because cybercriminals make money for every infection, this means that they make less money and can use less money to make more malware. This can start a downward spiral until the number of infected computers reaches where it should be: ZERO. This may seem like a lofty goal, but it can be done. It must be done, because I doubt that anyone who has found themselves the victim of malware wants to live in a world where it cannot be stopped. And once it is stopped, people like me will no longer have a reason to continue telling others.

Feel free to comment if you have any questions or you just want to say something.