so my grandpa has a problem of clicking fake news stories on facebook and getting malware from it. i knew that it was from facebook, and tried lecturing him about it and that didn't work.
one day i'm sitting by him while he's on facebook and he sees something like "Annoying Orange tells comey off... and you won't believe what he says in retaliation". he goes on the website and a tab pops up and says he has malware and has a minute to fix it. he clicks it and the website leads him to a "computer tech assistance" website, and some representative instructs him to download DARKCOMET. he says "damn it i already downloaded this once why do i have to do it again?"
i just said forget it and reset the computer to factory settings. apparently the person on the other end has been injecting malware and adware into my grandpa's pc.
anyone have stories?
i want to know the philosophy behind how people can be so intelligent, but become catatonic when introduced to a computer.