mediajunk

With the current spate of internet-related paedophile cases, and the assumption of guilt that automatically shrouds anyone who's accused, in the media, of downloading child pornography, we should all be worried about the proliferation of malicious programmes such as browser "Hijackers". Get a hijacker on your computer and you might find that you are unwittingly being directed to -- or even downloading without your knowledge -- all sorts of "adult" and even illegal content. Wired news tells of the dangers posed by these programmes better than I can. My advice? I regularly use Spybot Search and Destroy and the excellent (albeit a little daunting for novice users) Hijack This to scan my system and remove any "scumware". You should too.