According to a recent report, over 20% of the 157,000 new zombie computers identified daily are in China. The US is next on the list with 16%, followed by South Korea with 10%. Zombies are computers infected with malware which allow them to be used by others to launch denial of service attacks or to send spam or phishing email. http://asia.internet.com/news/print.php/3499491 http://www.computerworld.com/printthis/2005/0,4814,101231,00.html

157,000 new zombie computers identified daily. I can't imagine a more compelling reason to ensure that your own computer is behind at least one firewall and a good anti-virus program, that spyware/adware programs are run regularly and that system and program updates are done religiously

The safety and security of your family while online seems to be under seige from a barrage of unsavoury influences. Fortunately there are tools and techniques to help.

This very long article/editorial needs to be read by anyone who is responsible for spending money (any amount) on computers or systems.
http://www.aaxnet.com/editor/edit029.html

Email is the fastest growing segment of the internet. I recently read an estimate that 4 trillion messages are sent every year in the US alone. And we're even better connected!
Once you get to the point as I have of getting hundreds of email messages each day you will become ruthless in weeding out (unread) the junk. Following are some of the rules I use when deciding to delete mail (and how to get past my 'junk filters').

Click here to read more about effective email!