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Spyware Removal: Drop PC in Dumpster

morganx writes "The New York Times is reporting that some users prefer throwing out their PCs and buying new ones to actually removing their spyware. Does this mean lots of free hardware for the dumpster-divers among us?"

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  1. Yeah. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm typing this from a dumpster right now. Thank you, spyware.

  2. Re:Dupe Removal by Rei · · Score: 5, Funny

    On the first Dupe of Monday, Timothy gave to me
    People trashing spywared PCs

    On the second Dupe of Monday, Timothy gave to me
    Old computer booklets
    And people trashing spywared PCs ...

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    Point of interest. Offering to shoot us might not work so well as an incentive as you might imagine.
  3. Re:Dupe Removal by someonewhois · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm waiting for the day that there's a slashdot article that only links to another slashdot article.

  4. Re:Dupe Removal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    12 first post's a milking
    11dupe stories dancing
    10 google articles singing
    9 M$bashing threads
    8 Karma whores
    7 hello.jpg's
    8. KDE vs. Gnome flamewars
    5 roland pipsquelle slashvertisments
    4 netcraft confirms BSD is dead posts
    3 build your self something you could buy for 1/3 the cost stories
    2. trolls a prancing
    a cmdr taco eating a burrito in a lemon tree

  5. Re:Dupe Removal by clem · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't worry, I have a feeling we'll be seeing it again.

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    Your courageous and selfless spelling corrections have made me a better person.
  6. Re:Cheaper? by Agent__Smith · · Score: 5, Funny

    "After all, do you see people expecting to buy and use a car with zero training, no licence or maintenance? Why do they apply a different standard to computers?"

    Ever heard of a MAC?

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    "It seems that we are at the age where life stops giving us things, and starts taking them away..." Indiana Jones