ŠŤAVOVÁ, Vlasta, Václav MATYÁŠ and Mike JUST. On the impact of warning interfaces for enabling the detection of Potentially Unwanted Applications. Online. In David Balenson. Euro Usable Security (EuroUSEC) Workshop Programme. Neuveden: Internet Society, 2016. p. nestránkováno, 8 pp. ISBN 1-891562-45-2. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.14722/eurousec.2016.23003. [citováno 2024-04-23]
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Original name On the impact of warning interfaces for enabling the detection of Potentially Unwanted Applications
Authors ŠŤAVOVÁ, Vlasta (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Václav MATYÁŠ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Mike JUST (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Edition Neuveden, Euro Usable Security (EuroUSEC) Workshop Programme, p. nestránkováno, 8 pp. 2016.
Publisher Internet Society
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Original language English
Type of outcome Proceedings paper
Field of Study 10201 Computer sciences, information science, bioinformatics
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form electronic version available online
WWW URL
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14330/16:00091220
Organization unit Faculty of Informatics
ISBN 1-891562-45-2
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.14722/eurousec.2016.23003
Keywords in English usable security; potentially unwanted applications;
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
We conducted a large-scale online study with 26,000 software installations during which we asked user (participants) whether they wanted to enable or disable the detection of Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs – potentially malicious software, such as adware or spyware). PUAs are notoriously difficult to manage, e.g., legal challenges can preclude default options that could otherwise be set for PUAs detection or removal. Our study was performed with an IT security software provider (ESET) who gave us access to the participants (antivirus product beta users). We used a between-subjects design with 15 conditions (a starting-point control interface, and 14 new “warning” interfaces). Despite the fact that many software companies (e.g., Microsoft, AVAST, AVG, McAfee, Kaspersky Lab) are struggling with PUAs detection, there are few studies focused on this topic. Our results indicate a strong desire for PUAs detection by users. In particular, enabling PUAs detection was chosen by 74.5% of our participants for our initial control interface. Further, a modified interface in which the option to enable PUAs detection was presented first resulted in 89.8% of participants choosing to enable PUAs detection (a statistically significant increase from the control).
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MUNI/M/1052/2013, interní kód MUName: Experimentální výzkum chování uživatelů ICT v oblasti bezpečnosti perspektivou sociálních věd, práva a informatiky
Investor: Masaryk University, INTERDISCIPLINARY - Interdisciplinary research projects
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