The problem with all the bemoaning of hackers, fraudsters and so on is that this is the real world. In real life, there's dodgy places you don't go because you're worried about crime, and there's always the risk that someone on a street will try to attack you. Similarly on the internet unless you're looking to learn that sort of stuff, you stay off hacker/warez/etc sites, but there's always the chance you might get bitten by a hacker or poisoned legit site.
If the internet was a Wild West movie, then effectively nobody would be able to go about their daily business without witnessing a gunfight. Malware may be a growing problem, but it's not like your typical user is getting fully infected by 1 piece of malware a day.
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The problem with all the bemoaning of hackers, fraudsters and so on is that this is the real world. In real life, there's dodgy places you don't go because you're worried about crime, and there's always the risk that someone on a street will try to attack you. Similarly on the internet unless you're looking to learn that sort of stuff, you stay off hacker/warez/etc sites, but there's always the chance you might get bitten by a hacker or poisoned legit site.
If the internet was a Wild West movie, then effectively nobody would be able to go about their daily business without witnessing a gunfight. Malware may be a growing problem, but it's not like your typical user is getting fully infected by 1 piece of malware a day.