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Are you an unwitting Spammer?

Wired Reports: Spammers are tapping users' PCs

LONDON – Security experts have identified what they suspect to be the biggest culprit behind that seemingly unceasing torrent of e-mail spam messages and computer virus outbreaks.

The unwitting culprit, they say, is the home user with a broadband connection. In fact, it could be you.

Are you using a Windows based machine? Are you connected to a broadband modem? Are you using a firewall? If you answered yes to the first two and no to the last question I suggest that you read the article.