http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10088949.stm

"The hackers track trending news stories - such as the death of Michael Jackson," he said.
"They then create websites stuffed with content, which in many cases can appear on the first page of search results."
Anyone clicking on the link, he said, would be confronted with a pop-up with a link to fake anti-virus software.

I was recently looking for an alternative to Norton and found quite a few questionable looking alternatives. Some were probably legit but I didn't want to take the time to research them.

I ended up going with Microsoft Security Essentials, which is free, and what little research I did, it sounded like a good option. Anybody have any advice on if MSE is sufficient?

Info on Antivirus was posted recently, give the forum a search and you should get some hits.

Of course the first thing that anyone who is allowed to surf the net should be taught is to NOT click in any window that comes up that you didn't expect, except to close it.



Brian.

They seem to be getting more common