comphelp@toddh.net (Todd H.) wrote in news:84mypwlomu@news.giganews.com:

>...
> If you're really dealing with a peanut, sure.
>
> The underlying problem is that unless you have a strong baseline of
> you system, you don't have strong certainty you're really dealing with
> a peanut.

There is always a tension between productivity and security. Wanna be
completely secure? Then turn the damned thing off and never use it again.
Better yet, build a bonfire with it.

For garden variety nuisances like spyware, the appropriate remedy is
spyware cleaners, followed by a period of increased vigilance (aided by
tools such as firewalls).

Life is full of risks - no one gets out alive. Reasonable and
proportionate precautions and responses are all that are required;
otherwise one would never get out of bed, let alone get anything done.

Regards,