My company is addressing this problem by monitoring the vulnerable points in the file system and registry, logging attempts to change them, and optionally undoing the changes. It seems to me that this is the best way to address the issue because it confronts the more general problem without requiring a database of known spyware that needs constant updating.
This solution is really intended for competent IT managers, since you have to coordinate it with actual updates (like service pack installs), but it's pretty easy to use. I have been using it to manage my wife's system and several neighbors. Before I started, the systems were the usual spyware-fest. Now it's just amusing to get a notification every time someone tries to install something they shouldn't.
All the article is really saying, with a lot of words, is that the market has become more efficient. In a market with inefficiencies, arbitrators can always make money by buying low and selling high. This becomes more and more difficult as more parties participate in the market and the inefficiencies are eliminated. (This pattern has repeated itself endlessly, for example, in financial markets.) In other words, to find good deals on the web, you have to look for them in places where not everyone is looking.
Umm, I might be missing something, but "Bernie" has all the signs of being a high-school kid trying to drum up some spare cash doing a little programming. I mean, a real adult wouldn't behave like this, would he/she?
That's extremely good advice. Plus, there's one additional important point: the people that you meet while you're in school are the movers and shakers of the next generation, so the friendships you make there will be far more important than the specifics you learn. [Well, that's assuming that you go to a good school, which is something you need to do if you don't want to waste your time.]
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This solution is really intended for competent IT managers, since you have to coordinate it with actual updates (like service pack installs), but it's pretty easy to use. I have been using it to manage my wife's system and several neighbors. Before I started, the systems were the usual spyware-fest. Now it's just amusing to get a notification every time someone tries to install something they shouldn't.
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All the article is really saying, with a lot of words, is that the market has become more efficient. In a market with inefficiencies, arbitrators can always make money by buying low and selling high. This becomes more and more difficult as more parties participate in the market and the inefficiencies are eliminated. (This pattern has repeated itself endlessly, for example, in financial markets.) In other words, to find good deals on the web, you have to look for them in places where not everyone is looking.
Umm, I might be missing something, but "Bernie" has all the signs of being a high-school kid trying to drum up some spare cash doing a little programming. I mean, a real adult wouldn't behave like this, would he/she?
And for heavens' sakes, don't forget to color the edges of all your CDs with a green magic marker!!!
That's extremely good advice. Plus, there's one additional important point: the people that you meet while you're in school are the movers and shakers of the next generation, so the friendships you make there will be far more important than the specifics you learn. [Well, that's assuming that you go to a good school, which is something you need to do if you don't want to waste your time.]