[TheForge] OT- spyware prevention

[Steve Smith]

I guess I'm thinking of the auto-install "feature" you get out of MS.

Steve

Bill Alleman wrote:
> Steve Smith wrote:
> 
>  > I'm fairly sure you just need to stop using Microsoft browsers.
> 
> I don't believe there's much spyware that's browser-dependent. They're 
> just hidden communications programs, after all. In theory, they could be 
> written for any OS, and without run permissions restrictions or a 
> firewall, any communications program is gonna, well, communicate...