Spammers purchase large databases of email addresses for spam purposes. How did these email addresses become targets?
Harvest attacks
by software known as spambots gain access to your system and steal data. This has become a real problem for computer users. The people that use
this software steal your information and then sell it to spammers. This is why your mailbox is full of spam everyday.
A new release of the leading anti-spambot technology, mod_spambot, has
been released and has
a number of new features which should eleate the problem of spambots.
Mydoom
Virus Alert: What to Do
Find out how to tell if your computer is infected
with the Mydoom worm variants and what recovery
steps you should take.
Get
the latest Security Update to guard against Spyware
Download the latest Windows Update and Internet Explorer update for the current year. This critical patch includes new and previous
updates, and can help protect you from having your
personal information sent to a malicious website and getting spyware and other infections.
Tips
for Safer Downloading
Free internet-security features found in Internet Explorer
IE-5, IE-6 and upcoming public release of IE-7 and the future release of IE-8 will help you decide how to download something from the-web with reduced risk of infection.
Developers:
Articles, technologies, and newsgroups
Corporations:
Read more about how to deploy and manage Internet
Explorer
Internet
Service Providers (ISPs): Reduce distribution time
and support costs
Internet
Content Providers (ICPs): Customize the browser
appearance and the Setup program