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Spyware Becoming Worst Tech Support Problem
teknurd writes "Wired has an article about the growing problem of computer users having to call tech support to get help removing all of the spyware on their computers. 'The fast-growing phenomenon is already responsible for more than 12 percent of all technical support calls in Dell's consumer hardware division, the biggest category of complaints this year, company representatives said.' Personally, I have had to remove this plague from the computers of several friends and family members."
Yet you still use Windows...
You probably don't have much of a choice, but I would encourage you to look into a Linux migration.
yeah, that would only be as apple keep its security holes secret and unpatched. that does do a good gob of keeping out the script kiddies but any one who is persistent will get through. the price of fixxing a hole is that everyone know that the whole is there and will exploit it in the time between when the patch is released and when everyone has it.
macs don't get virii fo the same eason Linux doesn't. its not really common enough as a desktop OS to be worth it. but if macs ever become more popular than windows, we'll have the same thing over again.
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