David Weinberger evidently has something against dressing up PCs in trench coats, sunglasses, and attache cases; he’s trying to remove “spywear” from his computer. It must be an Intel/Microsoft thing.
Which reminds me that I’ve been told that the grammar quiz toward which I pointed last week has been implicated in infecting visitors with loads of malignant spyware. I’m sorry if you followed my link and caught the code — I had no idea there was a problem, since I use the kind of computer that doesn’t have all those super-advanced, high-power gigahertz, industry-standard security holes. I struggle to get along as best I can with my more primitive device, but sometimes — such as last week — my more nearly impervious OS prevents me from due caution in linking.
Posted by AKMA at April 12, 2004 09:18 AM | TrackBackYou know, having such a nearly impervious OS has some drawbacks, such as: my native web browser is so forgiving that it will display any type of graphics file, include .psd files. Too much of a good thing.
Posted by: Eric Rice at April 12, 2004 03:00 PMThanks to being captive of the Windows monoculture, I slipped on the Quizilla malware and had to depend on my spyware tools to remove the unwanted Sure Seeker advertising engine from my laptop.
Posted by: Bernie Goldbach at April 13, 2004 03:19 AMI've been thinking about switching to Linux anyway -- I used it for about six months once, and it was heavenly to be able to go that whole time without rebooting. I got a new laptop, however, and was afraid to install Linux on it lest I be unable to use its cool features.
Posted by: Adam Kotsko at April 13, 2004 10:11 AM