“There is nothing else like this phenomenon in the entire consumer culture. Morford writes, “Here, then, is my big obvious question: Why the hell do people put up with this? Why is there not some massive revolt, some huge insurrection against Microsoft? Why is there not a huge contingent of furious users stomping up to Seattle with torches and scythes and crowbars, demanding the Windows Frankenstein monster be sacrificed at the altar of decent functionality and an elegant user interface? As every Windows user knows, PCs are ever waging a losing battle with a stunningly vicious array of malware and worms and viruses, all aimed at exploiting one of about ten thousand security flaws and holes in Microsoft Windows,’ Mark Morford writes for The San Francisco Gate.
The McAfee site claims a whopping 91 percent of PCs are infected. “Are you using a PC? You probably have spyware.
