But it does and we all have to deal with it. “Doctor teaches cucumber to talk in Toledo” “Elvis Presley sited in Starbuck’s in Memphis: Exclusive interview inside” “92 year-old Nebraska woman gives birth to alien twins” Have you ever been in a line at the supermarket and read the headlines on the tabloids? Money makes people do things they wouldn’t ordinarily do. The more people who ventured to the site -the more chance the newsletter had to gain more subscribers, and more traffic equals more clicks on advertisements. This kind of knee-jerk journalism isn’t written to inform you or keep you safe – it’s written to drive people to a Web site to read the article. And it’s too bad that some newsletters are more concerned with writing sensationalistic articles, the purpose of which is not very well veiled. ![]() ![]() We mention this because the article’s purpose was more about getting your attention than providing you with factual information. By the number of emails we received, it appeared that this article got a lot of attention. Last week we were besieged by folks who’d read an article in another newsletter which bashed MSE – basically saying it offered very poor protection. We’ve been recommending Microsoft Security Essentials for quite a while now.
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