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Corps will adopt anti-spyware as it becomes a component of the AV/Firewall suite.

Many expect a PC to be just like any other tool. You turn it on, it works and then you turn it off. They do not have the knowlegde that many who work in IT have regarding threats such as spyware, adware, worms, virii etc. So the end user is woefully underequipped to deal with a networked world. Plus many really don't want to learn about how to make their PCs more secure. Yes, I have heard that said. Many of us have jobs to help them with this problem. No matter how much you talk about not opening attachments, no matter how tight you manage the desktop or firewall, the Windows OS allows for auto-execution with elevated (system) privileges that in many cases is done without the end user even knowing it is happening. The MS apps are integrated to take advantage of features that in many cases are quite nice. But the price you pay is an insecure OS. That's why I always thought it a lousy idea to integrate browsers or media players into a OS. The benefits are not worth the secuirty headaches.

ActiveX however is a disaster and we have seen the fallout. Insecure and totally unnecessary. Bad design choice.
Posted by: Sunny Jalolly   Posted on: 10/27/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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I hate to say it  htotten | 10/27/04
Anti-Spyware Software  Chad_z | 10/27/04
Our costs have not gone up  toadlife | 10/27/04
Not to be to much  Cardinal_Bill | 10/27/04
Missing the point?  toadlife | 10/27/04
Ditto here  PA-ITGuy | 10/27/04
Let's try again.  Cardinal_Bill | 10/27/04
Try all you like  PA-ITGuy | 10/27/04
Damn...  Cardinal_Bill | 10/27/04
OK, It's not free  PA-ITGuy | 10/27/04
Cost of Security  Stephen Wheeler | 11/03/04
I'm surpirsed you're continuing this line of defence  Richard Flude | 10/27/04
To begin with  PA-ITGuy | 10/27/04
Actually you've said it repeatedly  Richard Flude | 10/27/04
Re: Actually you've said it repeatedly  PA-ITGuy | 10/27/04
To PA  Roger Ramjet | 10/28/04
The shill is strong in you  NonZealot | 10/27/04
The shill is strong in you also  middle of nowhere | 10/27/04
...  toadlife | 10/27/04
The shill is stronger in you  NonZealot | 10/27/04
I prefer it Windows not install Spyware  voska | 10/27/04
Firewalls  mobrien_12@... | 10/27/04
i use a differnet firewall  V Sanders | 10/27/04
No argument from me there.  mobrien_12@... | 10/27/04
Corporate, corporate. corporate  htotten | 10/28/04
only because  V Sanders | 10/27/04
Shill is Shrill  Roger Ramjet | 10/28/04
Spybot is your friend...  wolf_z | 10/28/04
Commercial options  ibabadur1 | 10/27/04
Yawn  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/27/04
This is news to me  NonZealot | 10/27/04
You mnay run into problems running the executable  Sunny Jalolly | 10/27/04
I addition to Sunny's response  Roger Ramjet | 10/28/04
Focus shill  NonZealot | 10/28/04
IE's fault  DarthRidiculous | 10/27/04
Expectations and knowledge  Sunny Jalolly | 10/27/04
Expectations and knowledge  htotten | 10/28/04
most corporations do not *encrypt*  V Sanders | 10/27/04
most corporations  htotten | 10/28/04
Bigger problem or final solution?  Update victim | 10/28/04
Divide  htotten | 10/28/04
Why do companies take so long?  OldeTimeGeek | 10/28/04

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