Read this on "Slate" about viruses

[clarkecombo]

and porn sites.

Apparently, there are people out there writing viruses to various porn sites that will embed material that has child porn in it, and one could not even be aware of it. Below is the link to the article.

The reason I'm posting this is that there have been a few sites posted on this site that re-direct to other sites that have a lot of "spam" porn on them, or on pages that will have a dozen or so so-called "free video porn" that actually have viruses on them.

Forutnately, I have updated virus software, and I also know how to quickly stop the process. Some of these have re-directed me to a page that tells me it will do a virus scan of my computer for "free", when it is really a virus program (mostly trojan/worms) itself.

Slate -> The Fray -> Explainer

 

[clarkecombo]

I've seen there have been no comments. For what it's worth, I mainly posted the info because many people don't keep virus scan software updated, much less one that is reliable.

Also, because this is a porn site, there is a potential for hackers to put something in that can cause a lot of trouble. or at least, a huge amount of work formatting your system hardware and then re-installing any software.

So, keep virus software updated, use a router, and when you aren't using your computer, power it down, don't leave it running, not even in "sleep" mode.

 

[billy-ray]

I'm sure your efforts are appreciated.