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The spyware that loved me

  • From: Sean Donelan
  • Date: Fri Apr 09 05:22:20 2004 
John Borland, a reporter for CNET News.com, made the mistake of loading
some software on a Windows machine and hoping it was possible to restore
the trustworthiness of a compromised Windows machine.  In the end the
CNET IT department took his computer away and re-installed a fresh
image.

http://news.com.com/2010-1032-5187106.html

If even well-informed people do this, and can't fix their systems, what
hope is there for the typical Internet user?