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From: "Rich"
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You are doing these folks a disservice. The folks I find infected =
with spyware are infected with stuff other than browser search hooks and =
helper objects. Any example where you see an application registered to =
start when the user logs in is a great example. If you don't actually =
remove this stuff, it doesn't matter what browser they use. Their =
machine is owned and will likely continue to have further infections.
Rich
"Frank Haber" wrote in message =
news:41556ce5$1{at}w3.nls.net...
I've had a couple of users whose IEs got so damaged by spyware that =
after
removal, security and cert stuff just didn't work right no-how. =
Firefox
provided a quick out, and let them continue shopping (g).
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Rich
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