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Right now, you could be involved in in the sale and distribution ofchild pornography and not know it. This is because two thingsyou're familiar with - computer viruses and spam - are being usedby criminals to involve you in their illegal activities.It's not surprising to anyone with an e-mail account to learn thatspam has reached epidemic proportions. In fact, it's beenreported that more spam was intercepted in July, 2003 than in allof 2002 combined, and accounts for 50% of all e-mail received!The number of virus and virus-like attacks have also increaseddramatically. On average, they are present in about one in 166e-mails. (Source: http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-5058168.html)So, what does this spam epidemic and the rise in e-mail deliveredviruses have to do with child pornography?In this scam, Trojan horse attacks are the culprits. If you don'tknow EXACTLY what a Trojan horse, you are extremelyvulnerable. Read a simple and concise explanation here:http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/security rojan.htmlThese Trojan horse programs, delivered and embedded intothousands of home and business computers via spam e-mail, thenexecute their programs to literally hijack the PC's in order toremotely relay ads for pornographic web sites.Since the pornographic images are not actually written to thehard drive, the owner of the PC never even knows what's goingon...yet porn ads are being transmitted (spammed) to millions ofe-mail addresses from his/her IP address!Porn is BIG business on the Net, raking in billions of dollarsannually, and one of the most effective way to advertise thehundreds of thousands of porn sites is by spamming millions ofpeople every day.Hijackers use the victims' computers to vastly increase thescope of their spam campaigns. An additional benefit is that if avictim's ISP terminates their Internet account because of spamcomplaints, the hijackers are unfazed because they havehundreds or thousands of additional computers doing their dirtywork for them.And when the hijackers turn into cyber-criminals and beginusing the same methods to engage in child pornography andexploitation, you could get caught up in a very serious situation.In one recent case "a man accused of storing CHILDpornography on his computer was cleared after it emerged thathis computer had been infected by a Trojan horse, which wasresponsible for transferring the images onto his PC."But before he was cleared of the charges, "Julian Green, 45, wastaken into custody...after police with a search warrant raided hishouse. He then spent a night in a police cell, nine days in Exeterprison and three months in a bail hostel. During this time, his ex-wife won custody of his seven year old daughter and possessionof his house." (Source: ZDNet® UK/August 1, 2003)When it comes to the sexual exploitation of children, merely beingaccused of involvement can be enough to ruin a person'sreputation.And for all those who like to share files, it's been reported thatPeer-To-Peer networks, including the music site Kazaa® arecurrently being investigated in the US for pornography swapping.As these types of attacks increase, they're likely to expand fromthe realm of pornography peddling and child exploitation intomany other illegal activities.Think about it: a criminal anywhere in the world could remotely(and without your knowledge) use your home or office computerfor money laundering, extortion, pyramid scams...even terroristnetwork communications. All traceable back to YOUR IPaddress.An active and constantly updated virus program and personalfirewall can give you some measure of protection. Being awareof the dangers and taking steps to AVOID trouble before it's toolate is the other and equally important half of your defense.There are two (free) things you can do right now to begin toprotect yourself and your family from online scams like this one:First, you can run a free Trojan scan on your computer. Anti-virus programs don't scan for Trojans, so this is important. Justgo to: http://www.trojanscan.com rojanscanSecond, you can sign up for a free information-packed 7-PartScam Alert Course by sending a BLANK e-mail (no subject) tothis address: [email protected] the threat isn't an option any longer. Automated e-mailharvesters are stripping e-mail addresses from millions of websites and ISP data bases this very minute...and this scam is justone among hundreds victimizing thousands of people everyday...
WARNING,What,EVERY,Internet,Us