Well, duh!

Here's an interesting quote from this article - IE7 being developed to resist spyware:

"When users run programs with limited user privileges, they are safer from attack than when they run with Administrator privileges, because Windows can restrict the malicious code from taking damaging actions..."

Uhm, didn't we learn that in Computer Science 101? Ok, I know not every computer user in the world has a degree in CS, but for crying out loud, shouldn't the software developers at Microsoft know this? I would venture to guess that a large percentage of the security problems found in Windows and Internet Explorer is because MS simply did not follow basic common sense.

Yahoo Messenger is just ... Evil

I've long suspected that Yahoo IM was bad, this article confirms it - Yahoo IM users get more than they bargained for.

Here's a quote from the article: "By accepting Yahoo's 'typical' installation of YIM with Voice, it will also download Yahoo's Search Toolbar with anti-spyware and anti-pop-up software, desktop and system tray shortcuts, as well as Yahoo Extras, which will insert Yahoo links into the Internet Explorer browser. The IM client also contains "live words," which will automatically show an icon when the user highlights words online and then hyperlink to Yahoo search results, definitions or translation tools. Finally, the installation will alter the users' home page and auto-search functions to point to Yahoo by default."

Ok, how is this different than any other Spyware? Including "anti-spyware and anti-pop-up software" is just a way to kill off the competition!

To me, YIM is just another trojan-horse spyware program. End of story.