Re:When will people learn? (Score 4, Insightful)

Seriously? It's hard... People don't understand the implications of clicking on the button. They just like the weather bug and other programs. Seriously too... most of that crap isn't going to be installed via a nice popup box that lets you decide. Go look at all the browser security holes, viruses, and worms in the last 3 years that allow for installation of backdoors, SMTP engines, and more. As long as people make money via phishing, selling herbal viagra, and telling you how to lengthen your penis, you will be fighting this crap. It's moved from people doing it for kicks to people doing it for money and identity theft - well, that's for even more money. It doesn't take much money to create a virus or worm. There are plenty of people out there that will do it for a little cash. The window of time between when patches come out and exploits for the hole has shortened drastically over the last couple of years... from months to days. You want a shock? Go run AdAware or Spybot Search & Destroy on your parents' computer. Then make sure to educate them about phishing before your inheritance disappears.