| Good start, but... This isn't going to fix this issue, mostly because many "free" products are bundled with spyware so that they do not function if the spyware is disabled.
Plus, the average user is used to clicking YES to get stuff. So even if something "conspicuous" pops up and asks the average user if it's ok to install something, that average user will probably just say yes. Look at the taskbar or tray of the average user, it's LOADED with junk.
If you absolutely need to use a product bundled with spyware, make sure that your personal firewall blocks access of that spyware to the internet. Then completely remove that product when you are done with it.
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 sapoCruising Down Memory LanePremium
join:2002-09-16
Sacramento, CA
kudos:1 | said by TheMadSwede:
Look at the taskbar or tray of the average user, it's LOADED with junk.
Damn thats so true.
all my friends are computer illeterate and I do them a favor when I get to their house. Clean up their start up files and delete all the spyware.
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 ObdHPremium
join:2003-06-11
Litchfield Park, AZ | reply to TheMadSwede
actually even illiterate computer users dont 'click yes to everything'
i use programs ripped that have viruses in them, spyware, and just about everything bad, simply running adaware and spysweeper, and a anti virus will take care of almost all of it
spyware isnt the end of the world, its not like its a knife in your neck
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Noodlin
join:2003-07-11
Monterey Park, CA | reply to sapo
I hear that. One of the first things I do when using a friend’s comp is run msconfig and regedit. |
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I have a 2 gig pc with 512 memory, I WANT alot of junk. Load it up, thats why I buy powerful pcs, we aren't in a 386 world anymore. |
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