Part 2 - Important Information

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Attacks using Web 2.0 will increase. What it is: Web 2.0 refers to user-collaborative sites such as FaceBook, MySpace, Wikipedia, YouTube and Second Life, which allow consumers to create the site's interactive content. Cybercrooks can hide malicious content in legitimate-appearing downloads, lure users off-site through fake profiles and links or create worms (self-replicating pieces of malicious code) aimed at a particular community.Myspace.com, for example, saw a "great deal of attacks in the last year," In some of those attacks, spammers create fake profiles of webcam girls and use software to blast "friend requests" (an alert that lets users screen invitations to become buddies with other users) to a targeted demographic -- say, males, 18 to 26. When those guys would sign in the next day they would see that a beautiful girl wants to be their friend, says Wood. The girl's profile would contain a trap, of course. Malicious code would be embedded in the profile or in links to the girl's webcam site. The webcam site itself might ask for credit card information or install malware on the viewer's computer. Also watch out for links that lead you off-site. If you really want to visit another site, type the URL into your browser's address bar instead of clicking on the link.Any file you intend to play or share to a specific folder on your computer and scan it first with anti-virus software. Keep in mind That you need only to view a Web page with malicious content to download something nasty to your computer. Buy an Internet security suite with multiple layers of protection and keeping it up to date. Doing so should block most Trojans and other malware from downloading themselves to your PC.