Topic: Viruses, Spyware & Other Internet Monsters
New US Govt Virus Alerts email lists
The Government is setting up a virus alerts email list, here's an article about it at Wired.com and another one at PC World.
You can sign up for the virus alerts at the US-Cert (Cert = Computer Emergency Readiness Team), there's four lists with varying degrees of technical and non-technical info, plus you can visit that page for info on the latest viruses, for each one, you'll see a link to "technical info" and "non-technical info". The non-technical info page is written in plain English for everyday users, letting them know what to watch for, likely subject lines, etc. and tips to prevent virus infections, like running an anti-virus program and personal firewall.
Remember, the two most important things to prevent viruses:
1. Install an anti-virus program! Can't afford to buy one? Use AVG by Grisoft, it's free.
2. Get DAILY updates to your anti-virus programs! An anti-virus program is USELESS if you never update it! (If you're using AVG, you get free udpates as well.) Most popular virus programs, Norton, McAfee, AVG, etc., can be set to update at least once a day. And if you hear there's a new virus going around, go run the update manually to get any recently issued updates since the last automatic update.