4 Oct
2004
4 Oct
'04
13:31
Unlike windows, drive-by installs of spyware are very difficult in linux and as such would require social engineering to trick the user into stalling them.
To an extent, they .do. require a little social engineering on MS platforms, too... But that comes as a natural by-product of the "install wizard" mentality. So many Windows users are used to clicking "Next" and "OK" on every window that pops up, that a lot of that stuff gets loaded anyway (which is why I don't think SP2 will help out XP a whole lot...)