Warning

[Fair Play]

Have just recieved an email from a friend and to pass it on - If a person called Simon Ashton (Simon25@HOTMAIL.co.uk) contacts you through email, Don't accept him, delete him as he is a hacker and if you or anyone else accepts him and they or you are on each others lists it is only a matter of time before he hacks your I.P. address

[greenlands]

Thanks fairplay for info,enough problems keeping viruses away without  some having a crack at your computer Lindsay.

[pigeonboyuk]

how do they do that?

[Gail J]

how do they do that?

 

you probably know the answer to that already ;D ;D

[Guest 67ghirl]

http://www.snopes.com/computer/internet/dontadd.asp

 

 

This is a great site for checking out warnings of viruses, threats, etc.

[pigeonboyuk]

 

you probably know the answer to that already ;D ;D

sorry but i dont know and it was a bit cold of you to suggest that i do   :-/  

 

 

[0pensaysme]

how do they do that?

 

speaking about Microsoft operating systems, they leave certain ports open to receive / send  traffic.

 

What the hackers do is use these ports to enter your computer, they port sniff your open ports to see if they can get in.

 

the best way is to enable updates from microsoft (patches & service pack) and to install a firewall.

 

2 other good products are "spybot search and destroy" & adaware, which detect trogens that you have accidently installed. these programs most likely monitor your activity and send back passwords etc.

 

HTH

Saj

 

[Guest youngzimmy]

try eset nod32 inti virus you can find it  search on yahoo look for uk version used for military banks and realy big corporations you pay yearly but you can  be sure of your safety pro system not like the average high st junk that is on the market and it is not overly expencive