By now spam and viruses ought to be a thing of the past, but instead malicious software is becoming increasingly dangerous and prevelant. The creation of malware outnumbered the release of legitimate apps for the first time during the second half of 2007.
Phishing attacks are on the increase and many popular sites are being compromised and forcing malware onto unsuspecting users. Social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook are spreading malware almost daily while dangerous rootkits can go undetected.
Spammers are able to circumvent the account signup ‘CAPTCHA’ tests and inject spam directly into Hotmail and Gmail.
If you aren’t careful, even experienced users can fall foul of malware at any time, it can be as easy as innocently clicking on an image search.
It can be scary, but following these tips should keep you out of trouble. (more…)