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Some of these users...
Some of these users are not young people (grade school, high school, college-aged, young adults) and are so frightened of computers in the first place that they have no idea what to do. Having the ISP get rid of them is not going to make them any less frightened of the coputer or the Internet and is definitely NOT the answer, it'll just make them go to another ISP and they still have the same problems.

What needs to be done is a way to educate the older users so they do not fear the computer or the Internet and can learn to protect themselves. Besides, the original article is not about kicking anyone off the ISPs, but about how the malware/spyware/TJ/Worm/Virus spreaders are going about things differently.
If companies first get into the computer portion of their business, I'd hope that they'd have someone in IT who could fix the problems. The people who do those things hit 100-10000 computer in a large network, who thens sends the virus/spam/etc. out to more computers, then discontinue the program or change it. That's the problem, not small users.

They target a certain market, then they plant what they want, and before the company knows what is going on, they've spread a virus. Most ISPs now have a spyware/virus program that will identify this stuff in short order, but when it first comes out, it's all but impossible, so they're trying to figure out a way for the ISPs and other computer users to identify the stuff before it's spread, which is not impossible, but is difficult to say the least.

So, please, let's not talk about this type of censorship. Most people who have viruses don't even know they have one, either from lack of knowledge or not caring that they're sending them for one reason or another. Mostly though, it's a lack of knowledge. We need to find a way to educate those who have a lack of knowledge. That's the answer.
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small trojans on websites  anglemilt | 05/25/05
use a text editor and an ftp program  linuxoverwindows | 05/25/05
Just what we need...  Carrion | 05/25/05
Actually...  Brian@... | 05/25/05
That's my point...  Carrion | 05/25/05
Some of these users...  ladyjet@... | 05/25/05
A bad drive in a car with bad brakes  voska | 05/25/05
Not a clue  thirstydog@... | 05/25/05
I know EXACTLY what I'm talking about  Carrion | 05/25/05
No you don't  tgrady | 05/25/05
No you don't  renaissance2000 | 05/25/05
how do you do that?  johnpharvey@... | 05/30/05
Here's your Sign  GregSalts | 05/25/05
Another options is:  ladyjet@... | 05/25/05
In Theory  renaissance2000 | 05/25/05
Not a "platform" issue  tgrady | 05/25/05
Linux is vulnerable too  jescocom | 05/26/05
its simple  linuxoverwindows | 05/25/05
I Need Help  ladyk45 | 05/25/05
No Problem  IT Scion | 05/25/05
Thanks for the tip, and the link. happy  dennis_44149 | 05/25/05
a little help  cgwynn1 | 05/31/05
Virus help site  Gueze | 05/31/05
i thought it was just me  fofyve | 05/25/05
Most small ISPs do care...  ladyjet@... | 05/25/05
malware  Ogandydancer | 05/25/05
criminally created Malware, Trojan Horses, Viruses, Worms and etc.  deafyharv | 05/25/05
cant go after the criminals...  linuxoverwindows | 05/25/05
What about tar and feathers?  ladyjet@... | 05/25/05
Rope  TotalKayeos | 05/26/05
Seriously though...  Tellco | 06/08/05
hahahahahahahahahahaha  Reverend MacFellow | 05/25/05
Actually  IT Scion | 05/25/05
I'll second that notion!  rocky1 | 05/25/05
Wrong Paradigm  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/25/05
Way off base  HelpDesk Dave | 05/25/05
Actually  nightshade0143 | 05/26/05
Nightshade  IT Scion | 05/27/05
Plus  IT Scion | 05/27/05
you could use a typewriter  pablito@... | 05/25/05
Uhhh...  RatMcGee | 05/25/05
Amazing...  RAnthony | 05/25/05
Not a MS issue!  rocky1 | 05/25/05
Also  IT Scion | 05/25/05
Trojans to order  Anton Philidor | 05/25/05
VIRUSES FROM MICROSOFT???!!!  the_webninja@... | 05/25/05
Comment on: " VIRUSES FROM MICROSOFT???!!!"  celticwatch | 05/25/05
re VIRUSES FROM MICROSOFT???!!!  NotMSUser | 05/25/05
Paranoia??? Update the drivers  GetReal-mac.com | 05/25/05
Simple fixes  Anton Philidor | 05/25/05
Yes it is!  Altern_z | 05/25/05
Its not!  jkcdlm1 | 05/25/05
They fixed it.  HiRezL | 05/26/05
DO THIS!  osreinstall | 05/25/05
Better yet,,,  Bagmaster50 | 05/25/05
Too Involved  osreinstall | 05/26/05
Winblows users get what they deserve  Chad_z | 05/25/05
Really?  tgrady | 05/25/05
I've not had an infection on my Win boxes either  FilledOut | 05/25/05
Cartoon os?  jkcdlm1 | 05/25/05
I use Windows 2000  voska | 05/25/05
Yea  IT Scion | 05/26/05
What's wrong with cartoony?  HiRezL | 05/26/05
reply to chad  poetdowns | 05/26/05
Sounds like a Ghost in the Shell episode  darkside@... | 05/25/05
Just run out to Best Buy and pick up a Linux distro  FilledOut | 05/25/05
Small empty ponies comin' through the Gates...  RatMcGee | 05/25/05
Time to switch to Linux!!!  craig@... | 05/25/05
Umm  IT Scion | 05/26/05
RE: Umm  nightshade0143 | 05/26/05
Well  IT Scion | 05/26/05
Anti-virus companies and SETI  mvsarno@... | 05/26/05
Hmmmm  HiRezL | 05/26/05
A simple plan  rottweilerus | 05/26/05
I've seen it first hand.  Fusion_z | 05/26/05
It might be just the AV ur using  FilledOut | 05/26/05
one solution  poetdowns | 05/26/05
Down with MS (or not)  TotalKayeos | 05/26/05
Give this boy a cigar!  osreinstall | 05/26/05
lmao...nice disclaimer(nt)  IT Scion | 05/26/05

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