TEll me how and why?
2007-03-02 10:03:41 · 8 answers · asked by stockmarketwiz21 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Make a Buck ... Funny you should ask. On Yahoo's main page, presently, they've got an article entitled, "Six Vista Turn-offs." See my link below.
I don't frankly recall whether I've read about built-in spyware, but although there are some good points to getting Vista, there are not enough good points to justify the expense, in my view. Furthermore, there seem to be many negatives, not to mention outright bugs. After its first Service Pack is released, I might change my mind, but since you need a powerful machine to use many of its features, it just doesn't make economic sense to me. The poor sales figures reported in the Yahoo story seem to support my opinion.
As for spyware, I've heard many complaints about Microsoft's Digital Rights Management (DRM). My second link is a recent article devoted to this topic. It's entitled, "... Vista DRM (It's Evil!)." I think that says it all. And if that's not enough to convince you, get this line from this article: "The DRM scheme uses extra computing resources to check up on all of this (to the tune of 30 times a second), which is one reason why you need so much RAM and a fast CPU to run Vista at all."
Good luck with your choice.
2007-03-02 10:15:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you probably heard is that Windows Vista has built-in ANTI spyware. It does, and it's called Windows Defender. It's a good program that has been out since last year, available for XP as an optional download. It comes preinstalled on Vista. It's a pretty good antispyware program.
2007-03-02 18:10:49 · answer #2 · answered by ruralcomputersolutions 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well DUH.... You get a new computer and it asks you your name. Then it asks a bunch of stuff so you can activate your warranty. And all that gets registered. Write a document. Your identification is added. If you send the document to someone electronically and they change it, the document still has your info as the person who first wrote the document. That is how they caught the guy who wrote the Melissa virus. Same kind of stuff goes on with the printers.
Get a new printer. It almost always comes with a rebate. You want the rebate right? So you send in your name and address and info to get the rebate. Don't forget the serial number of the printer. Now they know who owns what printer and if you send a hard copy of a letter, they can trace it right back to you.
You get free upgrades for your computer operating system and various programs?. Perfect opportunity for the software makers to find out just how you are using their product.
If you think you got any kind of "security" on your computer, you are just being silly. If you are going to do anything illegal, use an old non-electric typewriter because they also know how to read an electric typewriter as you write. When you are done, do not forget to trash the manual typewriter so they can not match up the keys with the letters.
2007-03-02 18:43:05 · answer #3 · answered by forgivebutdonotforget911 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tin foil hat crowd could have it right that there are ways to access the system without the owner knowing. These would likely be for government agencies and would (hopefully) only be used with court approval. As the software is closed source and proprietary, we can only make guesses about the content of the code. If someone can provide proof, they are likely violating a Non Disclosure Agreement related to their access to the source code (universities, integrators, government agencies, etc... often arrange this).
I doubt the spyware would actually do much anyway given the resources required to run the OS with all the "WOW" features (Aero) enabled.
2007-03-02 18:09:41 · answer #4 · answered by Jim Maryland 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HAHAHAHA!!!!! :D
:D :D :D
I can believe that alright.... hahahahahahahahaha
Where do you guys get all those crazy thoughts from... I have to admit I'm not a big Microsoft fan but what you just said is totally new to me... I have Windows Vista installed on my new machine and I think I'll have in uninstalled if that turns out to be true...
Go-opensource... Go Linux
Off to da koast ekse!!
2007-03-02 18:11:54 · answer #5 · answered by Mac-C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO DUH! All Windows distributions since 95 have had built in spyware. You know those ads for features you don't know? Those be them. Microsoft makes money from those companies by giving them access to your personal information. Its all part of the "man"'s conspiracy
2007-03-02 18:06:59 · answer #6 · answered by megabraingeek 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, i just got vista. no built in spyware.
2007-03-02 18:08:40 · answer #7 · answered by angie_adie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if you illegally download a cracked version. Those come with spyware, password stealers, keyloggers, trojans, you name it.
2007-03-02 18:34:16 · answer #8 · answered by Rose D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋