Most people do not know where to find information about current viruses. There are quite a few different places on the internet that have an abundance of information. One I found is at Symantec the makers of the Norton Antivirus Packages. This is a pdf file called the 2013 Internet Security Threat Report, Volume 18. It can be found at this link http://www.symantec.com/security_response/publications/threatreport.jsp . Just choose to download the main report and it will open in a pdf file format. Make sure you free adobe reader installed on your computer. This can be found at http://get.adobe.com/reader/ , just make sure to uncheck the optional offer before downloading and installing it.
There is also quite a bit of information found at Symantec on virus information, threats, risks and vulnerabilities. The best link to this is at http://www.symantec.com/security_response/ , I would just look through all the information on the web page. You can also select other tabs and look at their various products. Another main site is for Mcafee and they can be found at http://home.mcafee.com/virusinfo . Again they have lots of information about current and past viruses. You can choose to look at the selection by Virus, Trojan, Malware, Hoax or Worm. Again you can look at their individual products they sell as well as a wealth of information.
I found this site on the internet that offers a lot of information on Microsoft releases, Holiday Scams and other current information. They have information for the current releases of the Mozilla Firefox web browser. Here is some good information on the new CryptoLocker virus going around. I would definitely read up on this at this link https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-309A . I would check out rest of the information at the site https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity .
As my usual advise with email if you don't know who it's from don't open it. I would just delete it. Another bit of advise is to set your email program so it does not automatically open the preview pane. If it does open that first email and it does have a virus, then you will be infected. Use the help feature in the email program to set it so the preview pane is off. This can be done whether it is Microsoft outlook, windows live mail or what ever program it is. The cryptolocker virus mainly comes in through email.
VIRUS ALERT: Here is a new computer virus that apparently has just come out. It is called Goner and is coming through email. It will try to destroy your anti virus software. Check out this link for more information http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-88046/New-virus-causes-havoc.html .
Thank You for reading and don't forget BACK UP YOUR DATA.
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