I think a lot of these scumware downloads pop up a legitimate looking warning that you need to download the latest version of Adobe flash or some other legit app. If you click on the download link, you get the scumware not Adobe flash.
Unfortunately, Windows XP is essentially unusable if you aren't an admin user. Vista's somewhat better if you don't turn off UAC
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I think a lot of these scumware downloads pop up a legitimate looking warning that you need to download the latest version of Adobe flash or some other legit app. If you click on the download link, you get the scumware not Adobe flash.
Unfortunately, Windows XP is essentially unusable if you aren't an admin user. Vista's somewhat better if you don't turn off UAC