atw: Re: Anyone tried Microsoft anti-spyware?
- From: "Anil Subramanya" <anil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 20:13:12 +0800
Grin! There's always scope for urban myths and conspiracy theories...
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[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Granat, Michael
Sent: Wednesday, 9 February 2005 12:33 PM
To: 'austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: atw: Re: Anyone tried Microsoft anti-spyware?
Actually Bede (S).
AFAIK, WinDoze XP (AKA NT6) IS spyware that comes bundled
with a bonus operating system.
At least in its initial incarnation, it talked back to MS
(AKA the Mother Ship) to tell it what hardware and
(licensed?) software is installed in your PC and limits
the amount of hardware changes before it spits the dummy
and wants you to pray to the late Pearly Gates for more
licensing permissions or something.
(Known in MS parlance as "Plug & Pray".)
This, of course, means that the only truly effective
spyware remover on XP is the FORMAT command.
(Or a book on How To Install LINUX.)
What's really scary is that I just looked up the Collins
English Dictionary (Aussie Hardcopy Tome) and under XP,
it has:
XP n. in the Christian monogram made up of the Greek
letters khi and rho, the first two letters of Khristos,
the Greek form of Christ's name.
Argh! Microsloth thinks it is G-d's gift to computing!
Proves beyond doubt my assertion that you should always
beware of Geeks bearing GIFs.
Cheers,
Michael
Michael E. Granat
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Without Prejudice.
E&OE.
-----Original Message-----
From: SUNTER Bede [mailto:Bede_SUNTER@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, 9 February 2005 14:23
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: Anyone tried Microsoft anti-spyware?
I've heard that Windows XP has spyware embedded in it -- that is, softwar=
e that enables MS to spy on its users. One assumes that anti-spyware deve=
loped by MS would not target MS spyware. Does other anti-spyware zap MS' =
spyware?
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