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Crackers Tune In to Windows Media Player

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the hate-when-that-happens dept.

jamshedji writes "Crackers are using the newest DRM technology in Microsoft's Windows Media Player to install spyware, adware, dialers and computer viruses on unsuspecting PC users."

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  1. What's with /. running months old news? by funkdid · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ok I'll admit it. I did a search on Limewire for some "adult" type content. Every single movie I grabbed up tried to get me to install some piece of software in order to watch the movie. 1800fastsearch, etc. I was annoyed that the spyware companies had gotten their tentacles this deep in porn. Those bastards, is nothing sacred?

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    1. Re:What's with /. running months old news? by drafalski · · Score: 4, Funny

      tentacles this deep in porn

      Seems like a "5, Funny" joke is lurking in there somewhere...

  2. Crackers? by deft · · Score: 4, Funny

    Has anyone told Chris Rock that crackers are doing this?
    He'll be pissed.

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  3. Simple rule of thumb by karnat10 · · Score: 4, Funny

    This has kept my computer safe and my mind happy for the last twenty years. I don't plan to change it:

    Don't buy products from Microsoft!

    There is one exception: The Microsoft Optical Wheel Mouse is a great product. You can't fuck up a mouse, though.

    Wait, Apple's round one-button mouse.

    Now, that's a deal: Apple could learn from M$ how to design mice, while Steve explains to Bill what an Operating System is.