The hidden risks of demo discs - from eweek.com

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gardenwife Newark, OH(Zone 5b) Dec 08, 2004

You know all those wonderful demo CD's you see bundled with magazines, new computers, AOL mailers and the like? Be discerning when it comes to installing anything from them on your computers. There are viruses on some, along with other junk. And get this...Because many network their home computers with their game boxes (XBox, Game Cube and PlayStation, for example) their home computers can be infected from playing the games. For details, see this article at eweek.com:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1735609,00.asp?rsDis=The_Hidden_Risks_of_Demo_Discs-Page001-140370

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