>>>I can't imagine how computers belonging to grandma's and other segments of the population who are typically not as computer literate are doing.
I've touched a few of those machines. Fundamentally, they're sucking wind, and pretty bad. I've pretty savvy, and I've come across several machines where the answer is to reinstall from the recovery disks that shipped with the machine, if they exist/can be found.
The whole thing stinks. I'm for capital punishment for spammers/virus writers/spyware disseminators. I am not joking, serious as a heart attack.
You and me both. Add virus writers into the mix and we'll have it licked. On those nights where I have a tough time falling asleep, I dream of being on a team a la Tom Clancy's 'Net Force' that hunts down spammers, adware purveyors and virus writers and takes them out with extreme prejudice, and very publicly! LOL!! Yes, my imagination gets the best of me on some of those sleepless nights! ;>))