Two popular sites, MySpace and YouTube, have become the targets of attacks by hackers who are using malicious code and circumventing the filtering system. One attack, dubbed the ‘Samy’ virus, infected over one million users from MySpace alone. So what does this tell us? That keeping our anti-virus and anti-spyware, as well as other defenses updated, is extremely important. As I have stated in the past, out of date protections are useless in protecting your system from new bugs. So take the time to update your protections - it’s painless!

Take a look at the free programs that are available to protect your system found here.

Take advantage of the free online scanners available to anyone here.

The latest protection dates for some of the free protection software available here.

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