On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:57:08 -0800, HD Shopper wrote:

Went shopping at my local Home Depot the other day. Browsing through
the kitchen cabinet section I see one of the computers that the HD
people use to write your order. It has a big warning on the screen
from Mcafee Anti Virus Software that the system is infected with
spyware. Told one of the HD customer service reps about it, they
looked at me like I tried to have sexual relations with their dog.
Went out to the car to get my cell phone and take a picture and when I
came back the offending system was turned off. Just makes you wonder
how those computers are tied into the computers up front that take
your money when you buy something. Very scary!


If your computer is connected to the Internet it has spyware. If it
doesn't, it will in less than 10 minutes (5 minutes if a teenager is
using it). Spyware is not paticularly scary, nor are viruses--make
sure you don't back up any files you don't care about and do a full
scan before you backup.