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To: scott7278

I think ISPs are afraid to confront or fix infected user computers. They could end up sued either way. If they try to fix a users computer and it does not work and there is damage is one way. Or if they tell a user they will cut off service unless they fix the hack that lets their computer be used by some hacker they could get a lawsuit that way.


42 posted on 01/07/2007 9:42:37 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Anti-Bubba182

My daughter's ISP shut down her account a few years ago when it was hacked and was forwarding spam. She had 2 teenagers at home at the time. I don't remember what version of MS they were running. She bought a 20" iMac last year and is very happy not having to deal with the crashes the MS machine suffered. The Mac runs behind a Linksys router as does mine...


51 posted on 01/07/2007 11:07:31 PM PST by tubebender ( Everything east of the San Andreas fault will eventually plunge into the Atlantic Ocean...)
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To: Anti-Bubba182
I think ISPs are afraid to confront or fix infected user computers.

Well they should be afraid to 'fix them' there are major liabality issues...

74 posted on 01/08/2007 7:54:34 AM PST by N3WBI3 ("Help me out here guys: What do you do with someone who wont put up or shut up?" - N3WBI3)
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