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December 7, 2007 9:54 AM PST

Spyware Horror Story: Dying on dial-up

by Jessica Dolcourt

Got your own spyware horror story? Share it with us.

Flaming PC

It's amazing to think there are people out there still using dial-up, and that anyone hit with dial-up disabling spyware would, to be blunt, care. Though he has high-speed Internet, Jonathan does care, and reminds us that plenty of users out there have their own reasons for sticking with telephone-ordered Internet. For many folks, a dial-up disaster is an Internet disaster.

Read Jonathan's tale of spyware aggravation, or scroll through all Spyware Horror Stories.

Got your own spyware horror story? Share it with us.

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by lokotex December 7, 2007 2:04 PM PST
Great info , i also found some articles related to it
http://webmaster360.org/CyberNews/-Whos-Seeding-the-Net-With-Spyware.html
and
http://webmaster360.org/How-To/How-to-Remove-Spyware-From-Your-PC.html
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