Microsoft let the crap get on the machine in the first place.
They're ultimately responsible any way you try to spin this situation.
I will say that again s-l-o-w-l-y: It's Microsoft's OS. They are responsible for it. You even paid money for it.
I wasn't aware that Microsoft was to blame when a user went against safe operating practices, such as clicking on pop-ups and opening virus-filled emails. I suppose I was wrong.
"You mean to tell me that you don't know how to set up and admin a Cisco network? You don't know C? Get away from me, whore!"
The fact that your comment was modded insightful is discouraging, yet expected, to say the least. How sad.
How about realizing that not everyone is a computer guru, and sometimes people, while doing something 'stupid', may not understand that what they are doing is harmful. Such as clicking on popups for 'security software'. People who are not technically literate may not know not to click on those. They can use the Internet, and use a word processing program, but they don't know the security protocols that come with using computers, because people like you simply harass them and call them idiots because they don't know everything you do.
I hope you understand that the very same people that you make fun of for not being technically literate can probably run circles around you in other areas. How much do you know about vehicles? Farming? Construction? Plumbing? Healthcare? Be sure to be the supreme expert in all areas of life before you start labeling people idiots.
Is this why US law like DMCA is imposed to me even while I don't live in US? Google removes results based on DMCA notices on all of their sites, not just google.com.
China tries to control it's own Internet. USA tries to control the whole Internet. Which one is worse?
So build your own search engine, open results entirely, and put it out for any to use. No one is stopping you. Well, unless you are in China.
An authority is a person who can tell you more about something than you really care to know.