[Ham-Computers] New Computer/OS

[Dale Miller]

Well I don't use IE and don't like IE because of the adware problem.
But for the week or so that I had XP on my pc it got adware and spyware 
without using IE.

73's
Dale Miller, KC2CBD

John Burch wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Miller" <>
> To: "Computers or other used for amateur radio communications or 
> experimenting" <>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 12:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] New Computer/OS
>
>
>> Mike
>>    Windows XP is a very nice OS BUT it's an adware magnet.
>
>
> [ snip ]
>
> Dale:
>
> I think that you'll find that the OS has little to do with 'adware'. 
> I would suggest that the internet browser one uses might be more prone 
> to allowing 'adware' to pop up on the monitor,
> or install itself as cookies within the browser.
>
> Thanks de John
> ..
>
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