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I have links on all my sites for free and paid spyware removal programs, porn and mainstream as well as a big "bookmark us" button. I don't count on "cookie" sales much. I'd rather lose a sale to a clean sponsor than lose it to scumbags.
However, I believe that educating the surfer is our last resort, but it doesn't hurt to alert them. It's a lot easier to hammer some sense into the heads of sponsors than it is to try to educate millions of people, many of whom are just starting to surf and may have never heard of spyware/adware/malware.
And even many who are aware, don't even have any computer protection, no firewall, no spyware blocker, no antivirus software. They think it will never happen to them, they just don't care, they don't want to spend the money. I know people like that and they make me bang my head against a wall. I'm always the one who has to fix it when they end up in popup hell and/or surfing at snail pace.
Missie
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