The Deckoutyourdeck ad launching the WMF exploit. (Courtesy of Michael La Pilla)
An online banner advertisement that ran on MySpace.com and other sites over the past week used a Windows security flaw to infect more than a million users with spyware when people merely browsed the sites with unpatched versions of Windows, according to data collected by iDefense, a Verisign company.
The best way to protect your PC is like in the picture below but because this won’t work below are some usefull steps.
I thought of all of you new in computers or more experienced that search for the best way to keep fit your computer and i wrote a How To. I hope it helps because thats what BeepMe is all about.
1. Windows Update
One important thing that many people ignore is the Microsoft Windows Update. Through this utility Windows updates itself with the latest virus, spyware and firewall fixes therefore it would be a really bad choice to TURN IT OFF. Keep it ON at all times.
