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Users purchasing new computers because of unwanted programs? [blogs]
Matthew "cnj" Wronka said on Sun, 17 Jul 2005 17:09:32 -0400:
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PJ has an article which supposedly references a NY Times article (link wasn't working for me, and didn't appear to be going to the Times site anyway) that mentions that people are frequently purchasing new computers when their (presumably MicroSoft based) computers become littered with unwanted programs. I have not heard of this before, and it sounds pretty ridiculous to me. If you are going to go through the whole process of reinstalling software, restoring your files from backup (you would want to connect your vulnerable new machine to the one you just left a worm/virus laden mess, would you?) wouldn't it be cheaper to just reformat your machine? Isn't that the MicroSoft way anyway? Most of the things around these day only appear to infect the operating system or higher levels, it has been a long time since I've seen news of a new boot-sector virus epidemic.