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Article #338the turbo tax c-dilla virus ruined my computer,
From: Todd
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 21:11
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 21:11
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On Sun, 16 Feb 2003 08:28:59 -0800, Oliver Costich <olc-caNOSPAM@cox.net> wrote: >>I'm not saying they WILL do these things, but you gave them PERMISSION >>to do them. Few people realize how much control they have relinquished >>to M$. > >Explain to me exactly how they do that? I use a firewall and haven't >seen any unnecessary traffic from MS. If you mean that downloading a >program can put things on your computer, then any software on any OS >can do the same thing. If you download a program that erases your files and disables your computer, you would be furious about what this "virus" did to you. However, you gave M$ PERMISSION to download the worst possible virus on your computer. The difference is in the PERMISSION. As to snooping through your firewall, you gave M$ PERMISSION to use the worst possible trojan on your computer. Of course you wouldn't see it - it's part of Windows. :-) The details of exactly how they might do this are outside the scope of this newsgroup, but you might start a discussion in a security newsgroup. You might find out a lot of surprising information. As I said, few people realize how much control they have relinquished to M$. Most people just click on the "accept" button, not realizing the full implications. Even those who try to decipher the extensive legalese may still not appreciate the full implications.
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