Ken's Computer Services Weblog

The new virus/worm in the news W32.Novarg.A@mm (symantic), W32/Mydoom@MM (mcafee), WORM_MIMAIL.R (trendmicro) is a threat if you haven't updated your virus definitions and open strange attachments. Funny it doesn't target .edu email addresses. (A college kid not wanting to slow his own network?)

My previous post got buried by an edit...
I strongly recommend running both adaware and spybot on a regular basis to keep your machine free of spyware/malware. You can get both for free at www.download.com

Some new spyware out there is disabling the ability to update spybot if it's a new install. It says the current definitions are the latest. Making spybot only check for around 6000 types of spyware instead of the current almost 12000 that it does check for when updated. I've found that running adaware will eliminate this and allow you to run an updated spybot. I now suggest running both on a regular basis. You can download both from http://www.download.com

Spyware is on the rise and causing more problems now that most people have virus protection.

This is not really a security threat, but could cause slowing of internet connections if too many geeks in your area start doing it.
mars.telascience.org lets you control a virtual mars lander like Spirit and send it around to do things using the same software that NASA is using to control Spirit :> Very Cool!