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Spam and Spyware Too Much for Some Users

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the can't-stand-the-heat dept.

stewart_maximus writes "Spam and spyware is annoying to everyone, but some users are giving up on the Internet (mirror). Any Slashdot readers know someone who pulled the plug in frustration? Any advice for frustrated users, especially non-technical users?"

19 of 888 comments (clear)

  1. Give up net!? by mr.henry · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think I would prefer to give up air and water first.

    1. Re:Give up net!? by flibuste · · Score: 2, Funny

      There's too much water in beer to give up on that precious material...

    2. Re:Give up net!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      I have given up the net. Haven't used it in years.

    3. Re:Give up net!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Probably should include sex, but for a lot of Slashdot-ers, that's not a big deal :-)

    4. Re:Give up net!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      What's an internet?

    5. Re:Give up net!? by bluenote39 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Quick Poll:

      Given a choice between giving up internet in any form whatsoever, and chopping off your fingers.. how many are you willing to give up?? My score is 3 (2 off left and 1 off right)

      same question, but now giving up all computers in any form whatsoever. My score is 4 on this (2 off each)

      Is it time to get a life yet?

  2. bill by froggero1 · · Score: 4, Funny
    No one is immune. Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates discovered spyware on his personal machine not long ago.

    yeah we know, it's called internet explorer

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  3. Why in my day . . . by galonso · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why in my day we used to use telnet to get to iscabbs.

    We didn't have any of this fancy spam or spyware of which you speak. If we wanted spam, we had to log off, go outside, and walk to the 7-11 in three feet of snow, uphill, both ways.

    *grumbles*

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  4. byebye by Burl+Ives · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out.

  5. Re:Silly Apps? by American+AC+in+Paris · · Score: 4, Funny
    I guess you think AutoCAD and ArcGIS are "silly apps." I know Mac people like to use their computer to make a fashion statement, but some people use computers to do work.

    Well gosh, Apple should get right on that before they lose all those home users who simply want to send email, surf the web, and make industry-grade schematic diagrams of skyscrapers.

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  6. Chairman Bill Gates discovered spyware on his ... by putko · · Score: 2, Funny

    From the article:

    "No one is immune. Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates discovered spyware on his personal machine not long ago."

    Hoisted by your own petard, biatch!

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  7. Re:I have reduced the usage of sites that are... by tmhsiao · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, what you're saying is that you've stopped looking at porn?

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  8. Re:Great. by ShallowThroat · · Score: 2, Funny

    nope, it's a good thing. Less dumb users who can't handle spy/ad-ware or spam -> greater security for everyone else.

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  9. Popups make user quit internet... by Col.+Klink+(retired) · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...and when I opened the link, Firefox told me it had prevented latimes.com from opening a popup.

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  10. Re:Advice To The Netlorn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    ]Then spyware infested the next one, wiping out a year's worth of receipt records.

    No, Gerald lost his receipt records.

    No, the damned spyware, written by some SOB, got rid of the receipt records. Do you have a reading comprehension problem?

    Sure, Mr. Stark should have protected the data with proper backups, but let's be honest shall we? Most of us don't do proper backups, even those of us who know how to export data in TXT or CSV. Keep the blame where it clearly belongs: on the jerks who write the virus and spyware programs.

  11. Re:Great. by Rude+Turnip · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hmm...that link finally explains why all of my mom's audio tapes from Yugoslavia sound like Mexican music. Thanks :-)

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  12. Re:Advice To The Netlorn by Scratch-O-Matic · · Score: 2, Funny

    WARNING! DO NOT CONNECT TO THE INTERNET WITHOUT A FIREWALL. -or- WARNING! THIS COMPUTER SHOULD NOT BE USED BY UNTRAINED PERSONNEL.

    They won't do that, but give them credit for warning you right up front not to use it underwater and not to chew on the cord and not to put the plastic bag over your head.

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  13. I would post a reply by afstanton · · Score: 2, Funny

    but I gave up on the Internet.

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  14. Re:Advice To The Netlorn by heima · · Score: 2, Funny

    I work doing tech support for ** and spyware is our biggest issue we deal with. I don't see how they can blame their computer manufacturer or ISP for spyware and pop-ups. We gave you a computer with the ability to connect to the internet either through high-speed or dial-up, spyware and virus protection. We also gave you a way to make back up cds/dvds and information how to get windows updates. We also provide tonnes of information online on how to keep your pc secure. None of it matters because customers just refuse to listen to sage advice and their too lazy to do what it takes to keep their pc secure. They blame everyone but themselves and go to the extreme and swear that they'll never get online again. It's silly, really.

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