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Yesterday I got a notice that my computer was infected with a worm that gathers email addresses from a compromised computer, also a trojan. I started getting a critical warning on the desktop. I have long been a customer of McAfee and thought that McAfee would keep these kind of vermin off my computer. However, now it appears that problems are getting through. Need any suggestions you may have. My field is analytical chemistry, not computer science. Does anyone have a better source than McAfee. I'm willing to change -- especially if I can get a vendor that provides a...

Experts at SophosLabs™, Sophos's global network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centers, have reminded internet users to be on their guard following the discovery of a spyware Trojan horse that displays pictures of a potential Russian love match while secretly stealing information. When first run on a user's computer, the Troj/Keylog-HD Trojan horse displays a slideshow of 3 photographs of a young woman called "Victoria Stasova". Accompanying the photographs is a love heart and an AOL email address. However, while the pictures are being displayed, the malware steals keypresses and information from the infected user's PC which could allow...

I have a wireless network (D-Link router and NICs) consisting of 3 computers, all running Windows XP, sharing cable internet. What's the best way to protect my network from viruses, worms and spyware? Two of the computers are extremely slow with lots of popups showing up when we go online(some are really disgusting). My son takes online classes that use popups. Is there a way to keep those and stop all the others from showing up? I'm hoping to buy something less than $100. Any recommendations? Thanks in advance!