Simplifying Spam Checks in Online Forms

I visit a lot of websites and when I fill in a form, I regularly have to put in a code so the website can verify that I am a human being and not a machine. Those codes are just so hard to read sometimes, and I regularly get it wrong. I get even more annoyed if I get the code wrong and have to re-enter all or part of the information I’ve already typed into the form. How unfriendly is that? Sometimes I get so annoyed I just give up. Forms that are difficult to use are sometimes the

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Malware – Install It With the Click of a Mouse

Sue is a teacher and her class is making a short video which is a send-up of a scene in a popular movie. Sue has the original movie on DVD and wants to use a piece of the audio from the movie in the video. ( Let’s set aside any copyright infringement in Sue’s actions for a moment). Sue searches for some software that will rip the audio and finds what she wants. Sue starts the installation and when the process asks her if she’d like to install a mywebserach toolbar, she ticks the box. because it seems like something

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