The best target for these guys are the people who leave their computers up
24 hours a day. Unless you have some overriding reason to do that, its best
to turn it off at night. Its a tempting target at night here, and daytime
in Europe/Africa for these guys to hook up with and use your computer fo
Depending on the version of antivirus software you are using, you need
to go out to the antivirus software website at least once a week for
updates for the signature file. In fact, several weeks ago Symantec put
out four updates in one week. Running a scan of your pc should also be
done daily
No, once and again. It is someone that has YOUR
address and is sending infected mails using your
address.
A clue can be had checking the mail headers and
looking for the ISP IP address if message
authentication is used. If it is your machine, the
headers will carry your computer's or your ISP
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