Originally Posted by
lithium
Spammers are encroaching on your rights and hogging bandwidth they are not entitled to.
Spyware is 100% authorized by you. If it's on your computer, it's because you allowed it. Don't misplace your blame. Instead take some responsibility for your machine.
You would have a point if they agreed to thier own EULA. 90% of this stuff cannot be uninstalled using the sometimes included uninstaller. They often go as far to alter several programs within the OS to intentionally make it difficult to remove them. This isn't covered in the EULA for sure.
Oh, and for the record, I have only been hooked into spyware myself once, through the original Kazza. But I often have to help others who's computers are so infested with the stuff, it brings the system to a crawl.
“The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, you know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.” -George Carlin
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