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Alert! Study finds Internet users heed browser warnings |
July 11, 2013
Security warnings displayed by Web browsers are far more effective at deterring risky Internet behavior than was previously believed, according to a new study.
The study looked at how users reacted to warnings displayed by Mozilla’s Firefox and Google’s Chrome browsers, which warn of phishing attempts, malware attacks and invalid SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificates.
It was widely thought that most users ignored the warnings, based on several studies released between 2002 and 2009. However, in the past four years, browser warnings have been redesigned, but the effect of the new designs on users had not been studied.
For example, toolbars that warned of possible phishing attacks have been replaced with full-page warnings that may have influenced people’s behavior, the researchers who conducted the study wrote.
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