Is Your Computer a Zombie?

I don't know if any of you had a chance to watch 20/20 on January 12, 2007. If you had, you'd know right away what I'm talking about. Since the beginning of this blog, I have shown ways to protect your computer while online. Now, it seems, you must protect your computer to protect yourself. The 20/20 episode talked about a 16 year old in Arizona that was facing a life sentence for images someone else put on his computer. Not someone inside his home, but someone out there on the internet. Please, people. If you know about this stuff, tell people. If you don't, tell them about this site. Maybe, and here's a crazy idea and I hope you'll forgive me for this, but maybe someone can start a email chain letter about this, and here's a great link about what people can do to protect their computers: Closing the Door on Internet Predators

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