Folk models of home computer security

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Wash, Rick ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Folk models; Home security; Mental models

Indexed keywords

BOTNETS; COMPUTER SECURITY; COMPUTER USERS; FOLK MODELS; HOME SECURITY; MALWARES; MENTAL MODEL; SECURITY ADVICES; SECURITY INDUSTRY; SECURITY SOFTWARE; SECURITY THREATS; THIRD PARTIES;

NETWORK SECURITY; PERSONAL COMPUTING; SECURITY SYSTEMS; VIRUSES;

COMPUTER VIRUSES;

EID: 77956243006     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1837110.1837125     Document Type: Conference Paper

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