Re: Spyware and Adware affect every internet user

Fuzzy Logic <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Proofs of concept are not the same as real world events.

No, they aren't. They just proof, that real world events may occur. And
that means, that you're not secure against such events.

Any vulnerabilites of note have been patched before
real world exploits existed.

In Internet Exploder? It's obvious, that you just don't know what you're
writing about.

Yours,
VB.
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