Computer viruses are a nuisance to everyone on the internet so I have spent some time figuring out the best way to get rid of them. I hope this article will help the experiened and the nivices alike.

Fake system errors is a technique being used by hackers to fool you into buying rouge virus software and downloading unwanted spyware / viruses.  I myself have been fooled by these new techniques that mimic windows system dialog boxes.  The boxes do not look like normal pop-ups making you think that it is a legit popup invoked by your windows operating system when it is actually spyware or a virus that tricks you into thinking something is wrong when there really isn’t.

People worldwide will be pulling their hair out if they become victim of the latest security flaw in Internet Explorer.  The security flaw affects all versions of Internet Explorer from IE5 to the latest release IE7.  It is being used to steal saved passwords of Internet Explorer.  This attack on your browser is called Zero-Day Attacks.  There are well over 10,000 websites with infected code that take advantage of this major loophole.  Protect your self now by making sure you have automatic updates enabled or run a Windows Update through your start menu.