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No. The most effective way to protect yourself is...
Install a nice Linux into free space on your drive, and copy all of those threatened files from NTFS into a safe and well-documented ext3 (or other Linux-type) Partition. If your drive is near full, spend $50 and put in another one.

This time it's labeled as "some Russian criminals". But next time, when your data's been converted into WinFS (maybe without even asking you for permission), it'll be "Uncle Fester"^h^h^h^h^h Ballmer, and he'll have you by the short hairs. If the software to read and write your files isn't under your control, who really owns your files?

There's really no difference... when Windoze crooks are in charge of "your" data, it's really theirs.
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DRM Technology  Anthony S. | 04/28/06
got that right  napatec | 05/01/06
got that right?  vizenos | 05/06/06
I really don't get it.  mobrien_12@... | 04/28/06
No you don't  toadlife | 04/28/06
Ooh! Ooh! Can I guess two of them?  HypnoToad72 | 04/28/06
Hey man, this only affects Windows users, why worry???  DonnieBoy | 04/29/06
It's requires two things  toadlife | 04/29/06
but but  linuxoverwindows | 04/29/06
10!  PMDubuc | 05/01/06
Ya! True! Perfect!  Cayble | 05/01/06
Because most of us DO run Windows?  vizenos | 05/06/06
is that just cuz...  linuxoverwindows | 04/29/06
Not really  voska | 05/01/06
Bad Assumption  jmusto@... | 05/01/06
Let me guess...  nomorems | 04/28/06
You are probably safe even on Windoze...  bportlock | 04/29/06
And even safer on Lindoze  Boot_Agnostic | 04/29/06
unintelligent people pick on IE  cdebot | 05/01/06
Intelligent people IGNORE IE  critic-at-arms | 05/01/06
We don't ignore it, we *curse* it more often....  dalecosp | 05/11/06
What about the Mac version?  John Zern | 05/01/06
The most effective way to protect yourself from this in windows is to....  toadlife | 04/29/06
Go one better...  osreinstall | 04/29/06
Oops  toadlife | 04/30/06
The first variants were in Russian.  osreinstall | 04/30/06
Running As Admin  _TheGoldy_ | 05/01/06
No. The most effective way to protect yourself is...  Rick S._z | 05/02/06
(nt)go back to your mom's basement  toadlife | 05/05/06
Another way of saying  Chad_z | 05/01/06
Yup, you ARE confused!  NonZealot | 05/01/06
You haven't seen Chad's car...  ericha8 | 05/01/06
Firewall 'em  Carrion | 05/01/06
Neat idea!  ajole | 05/01/06
Does anyone know, does it actually delete files?  ajole | 05/01/06
System restore is where they hide  mombo | 05/02/06
I have to wonder  hawkeyeaz1 | 05/01/06
Does anyone ever...  Sysop1984 | 05/01/06
Can't they be traced  treereaver | 05/02/06
Can't they be traced  Lembutu | 05/03/06
OK you MAC and Linux folks  Krazyken39 | 05/02/06
Didn't Sony invent this Trojan?  deepee912 | 05/02/06
Who writes them  treereaver | 05/04/06

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