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I&#8217;ve gotten no detectable worms, trojans, viruses etc. &#8220;accidentally&#8221; and i&#8217;m pretty impressed.<\/p>\n<p> Compared with a year ago, when I got MS Blaster on a new PC in under 90 seconds connected to the internet, and spyware infections just by visiting the wrong website, that shows Microsoft is making good progress.  <\/p>\n<p>There doesn&#8217;t seem to be a way to just go to the wrong search result and get infected accidentally without triggering various IE warings regarding Active X and popups etc.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, install the wrong &#8220;free software&#8221; and ignore the &#8220;active X warning, and all bets are off. But that&#8217;s not really Microsofts fault&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>the moral of this story? Do your Windows updates! They&#8217;re free!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KGW channel 8 found me online as an internet consultant, and I&#8217;ve agreed to help them with a spyware story that will air in Portland in November 2005. 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