This might be good news:
The spread of spyware is slowing down, a Dell executive has told the Louisiana Senate’s Select Committee on Consumer Affairs and Technology.
The number of spyware-related support calls to the Dell helpdesk has halved over the past year, according to Mike George, Dell’s vice president for US Consumer Business.
Hmmm. What (SP2) happened in the past year (SP2) that could have made it more difficult (SP2) for purveyors of crapware to push unwanted software onto computers? I’m sure it’ll come to me if I just think about it long enough.
(Via Donna Buenaventura)
This is non-news primarily because it involves two elements — good news and the word Microsoft. Many people still won’t credit Microsoft for shoring up XP’s defenses. I recall one excuse was, “You have to download SP2, what a bummer!”
Yep, turning on Automatic Updates is really hard.
Right. Or trying to figure how that information bar thingie works in IE.
BTW, where is today’s tip for the day? The natives are starting to get very restless!
That is the tip. Install SP2
SP2 knocked all those machines off the net so Spyware could no longer be installed
just kidding guys (had to take that stab at M$)