Do cyber-criminals ever take a day off?
As 2006 came to a close, scammers took advantage of the public’s relaxed mode, our interest in online holiday shopping, and our expectation of receiving electronic messages from friends and family. A Happy New Year’s Trojan horse made the rounds, containing an attachment that, if opened, downloaded malicious software from the Net and began using the infected machine to send spam to other computers.
Nobody wants their children to be exposed to mature websites and pornography but at the same time, their activity can not be constantly observed. There are bound to be occasions when they mistakenly come across websites which are not for their eyes leading parents to question exactly how they can protect them. Supervision is probably the first step that a parent should take, particularly with younger children but not forgetting teenagers. Children can be curious and search “naughty” words as a joke but it is more likely that they could stumble upon unwanted content.