Re: [Scidvspc-users] hi

[John <jo...@js...>]

On 01/02/13 06:55, Steven wrote:
> check this page out http://bit.ly/11atVsO
>

I almost always ignore links with URL shorteners.

Run Windows update on any current Windows, look at some of those 
problems being fixed - particularly those containing "unauthenticated" 
"remote web page" and "carefully crafted" and you will begin to 
understand why.

The executive summary:
Web pages exist that are designed to infiltrate Internet Explorer and 
cause it to run arbitrary code (ie code supplied by persons unknown) on 
your computer with your (or worse, elevated) privilege. That, and 
similar woes in email, provide the ungodly with limitless unauthorised 
access to people's computers worldwide, and they can then use the 
computers for various purposes such as sending spam, attacking other's 
computers. And their access to your private information such as banking 
details isn't to be sneezed at.

Years ago, when I first set up email for my wife, the first email she 
received was from a friend. It contained a Windows virus. Fortunately 
for us, Windows viruses don't work well on Linux.



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Santa