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Re: urgent... please read - possible virus in Paul Hurwood's post

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Don JudgeJan 16, 2012

Thank you for that Paul & kJ, that supports what I have been saying.

Yahoo seems to be a target for these scum of late.

I have noticed an increase in spam in my Yahoo Inbox and Spam trap over the past couple of months.

As I have said before, make your password STRONG - not a real word, a random mix of upper case, lower case, numeric and non-alphanumeric characters.

I know it's harder to remember but you will regret it one day if you don't.

Also, never use the same username/password for different services/platforms.

It has been known for successful password cracks to be used elsewhere.

I have worked for a large UK IT Service provider for many years, some of them in network Security, so have some idea of what I am talking about.

As I said before, another thing to remember is that no Malware protection software will protect against everything despite their adverts.

Just because your A-V of choice finds nothing, it doesn't mean there is nothing there so don't get too complacent over a clear scan.

Here endeth the Internet Security lesson...

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