So you don’t open e-mail attachments anymore, but are you still downloading from Blubster like there’s no tomorrow? If so, you may want to be just as cautious. Not only is it bad enough that many home broadband subscribers haven’t spent the mere $45 or so to purchase and install a firewall/anti-virus suite, but those same people are also constantly download files of unknown origin and putting their PC and/or personal information at high risk. Click here for a story at ZDNet.com about hackers using MP3s as a gateway to spread virus and worm bombs.
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yup, this is what they do. They just want to create botnets & then steal credit cards/IDs so they can make money. If you don’t run a good firewall+antivirus+HOSTS blocklist, well…u suck. Then get laid by a WORM hahah!