It doesn’t matter how many viruses (yes that is the correct plural for virus) do the rounds on the internet: people are largely ignorant to how they work and constantly bombard me with messages telling me that I sent them a virus, or worse, that I somehow infected their computer.

I know most of my readers will understand this, but the more it’s written, the more pervasive it will be and therefore the more effect it will have (hopefully)

  • Keep you virus scan up to date; do it daily. This will help stop you getting infected.
  • Get a firewall. If you do get a virus, don’t let it talk to the rest of the world.
  • If you do get something that looks like a virus, don’t open it. If it looks like dog shit, smells like dog shit…you get the picture.
  • It wasn’t me that sent it; chances are that the virus spoofs the email address that it was sent from. It came from someone else who had both our email addresses. If you were planning to do damage would you tell the truth about where you were from? Blame someone else; don’t blacklist me.