本週，WindowsXP的下線日期已經到來，但許多人仍在堅持，有時，甚至更舊的系統仍在繼續。你如何說服一個頑固的家庭成員，將他們不受支援的系統更新到一個更新的，更安全的系統是對他們最有利的？

今天的問答環節是由SuperUser提供的，SuperUser是Stack Exchange的一個分支，是一個由社群驅動的問答網站分組。

問題

超級使用者讀者marczellm正在尋求幫助，說服一個頑固的家庭成員升級他們的舊系統（也可能是受損的）：

The situation I face is a family member whose position is the following:

• I do not want to update something that works because updates may break something. Look at our old computer that runs Windows 98. I have been using it every day for everything for 15 years now and it works without any problem, even though there is absolutely no anti-virus or anything.

Using the same reasoning, he strongly resisted installing any updates or service packs on his other computer running Windows XP, and now that XP is dead, I cannot even imagine how he will react to the choice of either:

• Buying several copies of Windows 7 for his computers for serious money, or
• Switching to Linux and basically relearning how to use computers from scratch

What facts can I use to convince them that it is bad if the computer is infected with malware, even if they do not notice anything wrong?

為了讓他的家人相信升級個人安全和系統穩定性是個好主意，marczellm能做些什麼？

答案

超級使用者貢獻者frankthomas和Mejwell為我們提供了答案。首先，弗蘭克·托馬斯：

The best and least refutable argument is, that if you have nothing else to protect, you have your reputation.

If your account starts sending virus spam, you have to answer to everyone in your address book.

If the FBI starts asking why your PC engaged in a coordinated DDOS attack on a bank’s website (because you got enrolled in the Zeus botnet), you have to let them sift through all your personal artifacts to (hopefully) prove you are not a cyber-criminal suitable for imprisonment for 30+ years. Or worse yet, someone used your computer as a proxy for downloading child ****ography, stealing and selling credit card data, or selling drugs on the Silk Road.

Everyone has their reputation (and potentially their freedom) to protect. Emphasizing that is one of the more effective ways to teach people (patching) religion. Just an investigation on some of these topics is enough to show up in background checks, which can follow you the rest of your life.

接下來是梅傑威爾的回答：

The best way to explain to non-technical people is via an ****ogy, and this is ****ogous to keeping information in a shoebox on your open windowsill. It depends on your behavior whether or not the information in the shoebox is worth taking, or whether anyone will end up taking it, but the fact remains that anyone that has a half a mind to do so easily can.

除了frankthomas和Mejwell在這裡列出的原因之外，還有很多原因可以解釋為什麼在維護個人安全時使用最新的系統是一個好主意。只要謹慎一點，就能避免麻煩，就沒有必要公開招惹麻煩。請務必透過下面的原始執行緒連結檢視生動的討論！

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