security -- hmmmm......

yikes... is there is a way to prevent something like this??

On Monday, a Massachusetts court dismissed child-pornography charges
against Michael Fiola, a state employee. It was alleged that the
53-year-old had accessed the illegal material at work, but an extensive
forensic investigation of his computer revealed that viruses and other
malicious programs — 25 of them, to be exact — were the culprits. Why
would someone create a virus that downloads child pornography?

So other people could secretly view the porn. Fiola's computer had been
taken over remotely by "botnet" operators...

more... http://www.slate.com/id/2194141/

Yes. It's known as "Safe Hex" informally, and formally as following safe
computing habits. Google either of those terms and you should find a lot of
helpful information.

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"maya" <> wrote in message
news: ...
> yikes... is there is a way to prevent something like this??
>
> On Monday, a Massachusetts court dismissed child-pornography charges
> against Michael Fiola, a state employee. It was alleged that the
> 53-year-old had accessed the illegal material at work, but an extensive
> forensic investigation of his computer revealed that viruses and other
> malicious programs — 25 of them, to be exact — were the culprits. Why
> would someone create a virus that downloads child pornography?
>
> So other people could secretly view the porn. Fiola's computer had been
> taken over remotely by "botnet" operators...
>
> more... http://www.slate.com/id/2194141/
>
>