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AOL quietly changes Windows settings to combat pop-up spam
Anick Jesdanun, The Associated Press 2003-10-23

Even more annoying than junk e-mail are all the spam messages that "pop up" through a little-used feature in Windows. As part of its spam-fighting efforts, America Online has been turning off that feature for its customers without telling them.

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AOL quietly changes Windows settings to combat pop-up spam 2003-10-23
Anonymous
"It's a very dangerous precedent in having companies go into your computer and turn things on and off."

Well, the fact of the matter is that companies (and Websites) are doing this anyway, except it tends to be in the form of malcode, spyware, and the exploiting of unpatched vulnerabilities in In...

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