Re: will reformatting remove all spyware?
From: Ken Gardner (KenGardner_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/13/05
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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 09:43:03 -0800
"Bruce Chambers" wrote:
> If someone gets malware on their computer, be it a virus, Trojan, worm,
> adware, or spyware, it's because the computer user failed to take the
> proper security measures.
In my experience, this is true -- 99 percent of the time. There was one
time when I somehow got a virus upon visiting the ESPN website, of all
things. I didn't click on anything, I simply navigated to the sight and,
while it was loading, Norton told me that it had just blocked a virus trying
to download onto my machine. It happened years ago, and I don't rule out the
possibility that it was a false positive.
In every other case of adware or spyware I have ever heard of, it resulted
from a user downloading and installing files (including software programs
such as Kazaa as well as Active-X controls), clicking on a popup add, or
opening an e-mail attachment. These are all user-initiated, and therefore
user-preventable.
Ken
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