Cyber elites: a survey of internet Café users in Uganda
Telematics and Informatics - Special issue: Telecommunications development in Africa
The Challenges of Technology Research for Developing Regions
IEEE Pervasive Computing
Practical security for rural internet kiosks
Proceedings of the second ACM SIGCOMM workshop on Networked systems for developing regions
Information Technologies and International Development
Deliberate interactions: characterizing technology use in Nairobi, Kenya
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
ICTD'09 Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Information and communication technologies and development
Loose strands: searching for evidence of public access ICT impact on development
Proceedings of the 2011 iConference
Traffic characterization and internet usage in rural Africa
Proceedings of the 20th international conference companion on World wide web
Gotta catch 'em all!: innoculous: enabling epidemiology of computer viruses in the developing world
NSDR '11 Proceedings of the 5th ACM workshop on Networked systems for developing regions
FlashPatch: spreading software updates over flash drives in under-connected regions
Proceedings of the 4th Annual Symposium on Computing for Development
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Computer viruses can pose a serious threat to the operations of computer kiosks in the developing world. In this paper, we investigate the experiences, behaviors, and unmet needs of telecenter owners as they attempt to prevent virus infections on their machines. Based on interviews in 25 centers in Bangalore, India, we conclude that virus control is largely an unsolved problem for this population. We characterize the local strategies for coping with viruses, barriers to eliminating the problem, and opportunities for future research.