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Spyware Removal: Drop PC in Dumpster

Posted by timothy on from the baby-bathwater-makes-a-fine-soup dept.

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. It's not uranium in your smoke detector... by PornMaster · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's Americium-241.

    For more info on americium, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americium

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  2. because the geek squad @ Best Buy by doorbender · · Score: 5, Informative

    because the geek squad @ Best Buy is charging little old ladies $300 to "fix" thier PC (when it needs rescueing from spyware) and simply add a spyware detector but not actually use it.

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    "He's a real midnight golfer"
  3. Re:ObQuirk! by ocelotbob · · Score: 5, Informative

    They can't ship an OEM copy of XP; if they ship a CD, which most makers do, they have to ship a recovery disc locked to that model of computer.

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