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PC Hacking/Identity Stealing up 75 % in a Year
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8098384.stm
The criminals often use popular stories or events and set up fake websites based around those topics. They send out emails too. When someone visits one of these websites or opens an email their computer can be infected with the malicious software
if you want to make sure that your PC is clean then follow this guide over on the Techie part of the forum
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=133269
and make sure that your version of Windows is fully up to date
http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us
if you find anything that you cannot remove from the PC then start a new thread over on Techie
up to now Mac users have been more or less immune to this but this is starting th change as well
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8096822.stm
The criminals often use popular stories or events and set up fake websites based around those topics. They send out emails too. When someone visits one of these websites or opens an email their computer can be infected with the malicious software
if you want to make sure that your PC is clean then follow this guide over on the Techie part of the forum
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=133269
and make sure that your version of Windows is fully up to date
http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us
if you find anything that you cannot remove from the PC then start a new thread over on Techie
up to now Mac users have been more or less immune to this but this is starting th change as well
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8096822.stm
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