 Between Black And White: The State Of Grayware On The Pc |
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 Apr 28 2008, 04:51 PM
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-------------------- "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster"  |
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Apr 29 2008, 12:48 PM
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Interesting reading + more enlightening links (despite being ancient)!
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Apr 29 2008, 08:55 PM
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Distinguished Member Group: Members Posts: 766 Joined: 9-May 06 From: PCLinuxOS Land Member No.: 67,460 |
Your Welcome, Sad the average user is mostly oblivious to all of it. Found the Facebook/Myspace (I don't do either) stuff disturbing, and it's only going to get worse, just another reason why I quit using Windows. another link (can't remember if they were mentioned or not) http://www.spywareguide.com/ -------------------- "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster" |
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Apr 30 2008, 09:16 PM
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Interesting reading. Thank you.
In my opinion, ANYTHING that installs even the tiniest thing on my computer without my EXPLICIT consent is CRIMINAL MALWARE. That includes restore CDs from the manufacturers who never tell you that that restore CD is full of trash you'll spend months getting rid of. That in spite of the fact the computer has a cute little sticker saying something like WINDOWS XP rather than TOTALLY CORRUPTED whatever system you think you bought. |
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Apr 30 2008, 10:42 PM
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Distinguished Member Group: Members Posts: 766 Joined: 9-May 06 From: PCLinuxOS Land Member No.: 67,460 |
Your welcome, Haven't used Windows in a couple years+, but this might help if there's a next time http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Uninsta...Crapifier.shtml -------------------- "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster" |
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