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No, even former First Lady, Hillary Clinton, is not immune from dangerous Malware scams. You�d think the Senator from New York�s staff would be computer savvy enough to avoid �attack of the Malware�, but it seems they are not. According to Symantec, Mrs. Clinton is only the most recent target of Malware. Millions of everyday people run the risk of intercepting this type of malicious and annoying scam. Earlier this year email was widely distributed with the subject line �Hillary Clinton Full Video�. Because of the intense and ground-breaking level of interest in the election this year, many people opened the email to view the presidential-hopeful up close and personal. Unfortunately, they were in for a surprise; and it was not a good surprise. Most people don�t even know what the term �malware� means, so how can they be expected to adequately protect their computer and files from it? Malware is a type of computer program or computer code which is developed solely to produce annoying pop-up ads, innumerable amounts of spam and disseminate adware and spyware. What�s more, it can be dangerous to the entire operating system. Let�s trace the steps of the Hillary Clinton �Video� email to see how malware scams can be spread. Finding the email in their inboxes, most people eagerly opened it without suspicion of any kind. They had no reason to be suspicious; after all, they believed it came from Hillary Clinton and appeared to be a valid email. That�s the problem; malware operates covertly and intrudes upon computers without the owner�s knowledge or consent. Once opened, users were asked to click on a link which resembled a link to a Google search page � so far, so good. This is precisely where the problems begin; when the link is activated the malware installs itself onto the operating system � it is not a link to Google at all. Once activated, the malware begins to weave its web of deceit quickly through adware, spyware, Trojan horses, rootkits and computer viruses. Users can be bombarded, in a matter of minutes, with pop-up-ads (many of them, appearing one after another) and copious emails. F-Secure, internet software manufacturer reports that more malware was developed during 2007 than in the last twenty years combined. It seems malware is here to stay, at least for awhile. Since it is a part of life these days, all computer users are wise to consider ways to avoid malware scams. Internet security packages cannot block all malware all of the time; they do block a lot of it though. Since malware is most often attached to email, it is wise to open ONLY email you know is safe. �Safe� translates into only email that comes from people/email addresses that you are familiar and comfortable with. That may seem like a big inconvenience and perhaps, for some people it is. If you measure inconvenience and the time it takes to scan emails against potential permanent damage to your operating system though, you might just choose �Door #1�.
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