<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a7b356ee-cf58-40f1-95bf-a8c2852626f8/0AD80F55-E5D2-40EC-8041-DA53F18165EF/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://media.www.dailyvidette.com/media/storage/paper420/news/2008/08/27/News/Ciss-Pushes.Students.To.Be.Virus.Aware-3404961.shtml" href="http://media.www.dailyvidette.com/media/storage/paper420/news/2008/08/27/News/Ciss-Pushes.Students.To.Be.Virus.Aware-3404961.shtml" style="font-size: 11px;">media.www.dailyvidette.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://media.www.dailyvidette.com/media/storage/paper420/news/2008/08/27/News/Ciss-Pushes.Students.To.Be.Virus.Aware-3404961.shtml">Malware, which refers to viruses, spyware and adware is most prevalent in e-mail and instant messaging phishing scams, peer-to-peer software programs, unsecured Web sites and pop-up ads. <BR></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://media.www.dailyvidette.com/media/storage/paper420/news/2008/08/27/News/Ciss-Pushes.Students.To.Be.Virus.Aware-3404961.shtml">malware attacks a computer without the user's knowledge. <BR><BR>It then often creates a botnet (a network of robots) that attack and recruit other computers.<BR><BR>Malware can also send out a user's personal information without his or her consent, bombard people with unwanted advertisements and even cause physical damage to a computer. <BR></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://media.www.dailyvidette.com/media/storage/paper420/news/2008/08/27/News/Ciss-Pushes.Students.To.Be.Virus.Aware-3404961.shtml">Birckelbaw recommended they make conscious decisions about the Web sites they visit and the messages they accept. Erica Lill, a senior elementary education major, also recommended that students be conscientious while on the web.<BR><BR>"If I get an e-mail and I don't know who it's from, I delete it." Lill said. <BR><BR>Birckelbaw also suggests that students to use antispyware programs like AdAware, CCleaner and Spybot every two weeks to keep their systems clean.<BR></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0AD80F55-E5D2-40EC-8041-DA53F18165EF/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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