When I read this blog post, I couldn’t help but to pass it on. This article highlights 10 things that I have harped on repeatedly over the last 10 years.

You must take care of your computer networks or you are asking for trouble.

5of the top 10 are personally things I have talked about until my face began to turn blue.

1. Virus Protection – don’t leave home without it.

2. Spam Protection – How much time do you waste on junk mail.

3. Power Protection – This is the cheapest insurance you can buy. Get high quality surge supressors and Uninterruptible Power Supplies (not just power strips).

4. Backups – Backup Backup Backup. If you don’t backup your data, you WILL lose it at some point.

5. Spyware – Don’t download that program. It is not good for your computer. I promise.

These and 5 more are on this Tech Republic blog post:

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=531

Every CEO should read this post, and take it to heart.

He said he contacted Symantec via their customer service telephone line as well as their support line via online chat, after his system started acting …

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A New variant of the CNN Trojan has been going around lately with the subject line:

CNN Alerts: My Custom Alert

These emails link to a malicious site that gives you an “opportunity” to install a software update that is actually a trojan (like a virus) that compromises your computer.

The best thing to do with these emails is to delete them. As always, it is better to be safe than sorry.

Don’t EVER click on links in emails that are unexpected or from an email address that you don’t recognize, and be cautious when clicking any link in an email.

MX Lab has also covered this CNN Virus Variant:

http://blog.mxlab.be/2008/08/08/cnn-alerts-my-custom-alert-malware/

Watch out for emails that bear the subject line CNN Daily top 10.

All of the links in these emails point to a site in Germany that looks like similar to a real site, but displays a fake Flash Player upgrade message.

Clicking on the upgrade message will in fact install a Downloader Trojan on your computer.

Read more about it on the mxlab blog:

http://blog.mxlab.be/2008/08/04/cnn-daily-top-10-leads-users-to-site-hosting-malware/