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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Unless they're talking about putting malicious programs out there with the names of popular books with the mindset of: "Have no worries about this fishy-looking executable that we want you to believe is the ebook you've been searching for! Go ahead and click it!" To which I say; "yeah... great plan."  |
The problem is, it actually works with many people.
There is a lot of free software (some even open source) that is "supported" by stuff such as "registry cleaners", and "toolbars" and so on. Most people who don't know too much about computers just go like *click, click, click, finish*. Most people seem to be completely disinterested and braindead when working with a computer.
Normal phone call: The internet is slow and the computer is unstable though. (...) Toolbars? No... I don't see anything strange in my browser.
Then you go take a look, and see something such as this:
OK, maybe a less extreme, but you get the point. However, many people don't see it as a problem if their computer starts up 28 icons in the taskbar tray and the browser has 5 toolbars, as long as the computer can handle it with regard to speed.