179337 Resource 147688 147762 147761 1187119211106 1210171379923 Controlled Worms, Viruses and Trojan Horses… Oh My!

Good and bad news regarding malicious computer programs, or malware.

<p>Bad news first: Hackers are still out there finding new ways to infect your computers.&nbsp;One of the newest methods of spreading their malware is through e-card Trojan Horses. Trojan Horses work exactly like the mythological Trojan Horse.&nbsp; The malware Trojan Horse is disguised as an electronic greeting card, that once opened infects your computer.</p><p>Now on to the good news: The results from a recent study conducted by Computer Economics show a decline of direct cost damages from malware attacks.&nbsp; Computer Economics attributes this decline to two causes.&nbsp; The first reason for the decline is due to the greater use of anti-virus and anti-malware technology.&nbsp; The second reason for the decline is due to a change in the hackers&rsquo; motivation.&nbsp; Instead of focusing on causing havoc and destruction, hackers are now more concerned about using the malware to make money by stealing passwords or creating spam proxies.</p><p>To protect yourself from these malware threats use the newest anti-virus software and immediately update these programs when you are notified.&nbsp; Also never open files or programs sent to you from an unknown source.</p> 10 application/xml false anti-virus Computer Econmics computer virus computer worm greeting cards hacker malware study Trojan Horse Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 jimt 216.58.130.130 false true false false true 214444 false false true false false false true 147688 blog blogsite/StaffScapes/web