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Virus attacks all around the world: Every day new and dangerous viruses are created to harm your computer. "Script viruses" are sent via email and are the main problem for you. "Worms" can duplicate itself without depending on a main program. "Polymorph viruses" change its appearance in many kinds, so that mutations cannot be found with usually methods. "Dialers" connect without the knowledge of the user the internet for high costs, that leads to high telephone bills. And "worms" slow down your system and "trojans" spy your online banking, email passwords and a lot of more.

Worm attacks boost since 2005:

The account of viruses is higher than ever before and increased for more than 300 % since january 2005, because many enterprises have announced to need more customer profiles and that they pay for it. In the internet one customer profile has the worth of 1-2 €. This doesn't sound much at the first view, but with the usage of robot programs that hunt through the net and are connected with trojans and other viruses, look for any open port to intrude into your system to spy out your passwords and other personal datas, more than some thousands customer profiles can be collected each month.The following viruses are known:

1. Trojans (small)

They open doors for other viruses, also called backdoor viruses.

2. Worms

They slow down your computer system and open doors for other viruses

3. Trojans (big)

Gives direct access to your computer for one or more persons. Any file can be down- and uploaded to their harddisk, can change any file or surf on your costs and hack other computers with your identity.

4. Hijacker (backpacker/spam virus)

They change the start page of your internet program and display sex sites, although you didn't ask for it. Often they block calling up other websites and suggest false actions to get rid of it just to increase the amount of more viruses.

5. Ad-Tools

Little spies to look for your installed programs and if they have been stolen or bought.

6. Redirects

They irritate the system by opening a large amount of windows. Even if you close the windows new appear. The target here is to confuse the security settings of the browser until it loads one window without any security settings to upload viruses to your system.

7. Dialer

A program, that changes your network settings and chooses high pay scales of maybe 1,80 € per minute and more, or with connection fees about 30 € for every time.

8. Tracker-Cookies

They mark your computer to find you again in the internet to set up better customer profiles

9. Keylogger

They log secretly every little key that you have pressed on your keyboard and send the informations to a certain email address.

Following actions increases a virus infection:

1. Visit of any sex sites in the internet
2. Calling up unknown websites, that often can be found of the top of the search engine (e.g. Google)
3. Opening of unknown emails or attachments
4. Missing updates for your windows system
5. The usage of Microsoft programs like the Internet Explorer or Outlook (Express)
6. No firewall or switchign off the firewall
7. No virus program or switching off the virus program

So we recommend the following actions:

Protect your computer from foreign influences, this concerns any computer, that has a connection to the internet
Do updates for your software regulary
Do computer-assisted maintenance and clean up your harddisk regulary. So you can save money, don't have to buy new hardware or to fear losing datas
Don't connect to the internet without security preventions. Some viruses moves directly to your system just by a connected line
Do backups of your datas (e.g. documents, tables, pictures, music...) Some viruses deletes the system partition or manipulate the security software of your provider