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joepole · 09-25-2007, 05:32 PM

I have never in my life had to clean out spyware, a virus, a trojan, adware, or anything else similar on my own PC. I've also never installed a virus scanner on my own PC.

Why? Because I don't do stupid things like click on links in email messages or run ActiveX controls on sites I don't trust.

rhertz · 09-25-2007, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by joepole

I have never in my life had to clean out spyware, a virus, a trojan, adware, or anything else similar on my own PC. I've also never installed a virus scanner on my own PC.

If you do any shopping online or researching via search engines, then I'm willing to bet that you are host to dozens of threats right now. Conversely if you ran adaware or spybot, etc., I seriously doubt it would come back with 0 threats found.

AnimeSpirit · 09-26-2007, 01:00 AM

True. At the very least, Ad-aware would find tracking cookies.

joepole · 09-26-2007, 11:38 AM

Tracking cookies are neither harmful nor dangerous.

AnimeSpirit · 09-26-2007, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by joepole

Tracking cookies are neither harmful nor dangerous.

Nah, just a privacy issue.

joepole · 09-26-2007, 12:24 PM

Google knowing that I like to look at horse porn doesn't harm me in any way. Privacy is a myth.

rhertz · 09-26-2007, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by joepole

Tracking cookies are neither harmful nor dangerous.

So your position seems to be that he entire anti-spyware industry is a hoax? Just trying to understand your point.

joepole · 09-26-2007, 03:56 PM

Tracking cookies and spyware are two totally different animals.

joepole · 09-26-2007, 03:59 PM

My point is that spyware, viruses, etc. are simple to avoid. The problem is most people are really, really stupid so they need protection from themselves.

Has any antivirus or anti-spyware app you've had caught anything that would have harmed you? I have company-mandated antivirus at work and the only thing it catches are things that wouldn't have affected me, anyway: phishing links, virus/Trojan-laden email attachments, etc.

rhertz · 09-26-2007, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by joepole

Tracking cookies and spyware are two totally different animals.

But all anti-spyware deletes some (but not all) tracking cookies.

09-26-2007, 01:00 AM	#3
AnimeSpirit SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Nowhere Age: 43 Posts: 1,659 Rep Power: 284	True. At the very least, Ad-aware would find tracking cookies. __________________ Confuscious says~

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09-25-2007, 05:32 PM	#1
joepole SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,606 Rep Power: 281	I have never in my life had to clean out spyware, a virus, a trojan, adware, or anything else similar on my own PC. I've also never installed a virus scanner on my own PC. Why? Because I don't do stupid things like click on links in email messages or run ActiveX controls on sites I don't trust.

09-26-2007, 11:38 AM	#4
joepole SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,606 Rep Power: 281	Tracking cookies are neither harmful nor dangerous.

09-26-2007, 12:24 PM	#6
joepole SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,606 Rep Power: 281	Google knowing that I like to look at horse porn doesn't harm me in any way. Privacy is a myth.

09-26-2007, 03:56 PM	#8
joepole SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,606 Rep Power: 281	Tracking cookies and spyware are two totally different animals.

09-26-2007, 03:59 PM	#9
joepole SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,606 Rep Power: 281	My point is that spyware, viruses, etc. are simple to avoid. The problem is most people are really, really stupid so they need protection from themselves. Has any antivirus or anti-spyware app you've had caught anything that would have harmed you? I have company-mandated antivirus at work and the only thing it catches are things that wouldn't have affected me, anyway: phishing links, virus/Trojan-laden email attachments, etc.

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