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Byline: Jeff Gelles
Used to be, you could reliably protect your computer from ugly viruses, worms and similar threats by refusing to open e-mail attachments. For an extra measure of security, experts promised, all you needed was up-to-date anti-virus software.
Then came the threats of spyware and phishing, and the warnings expanded.
Go to the wrong Web site, and you could open your computer to spyware or Trojan Horse programs that can aid identity thieves or run up thousands of dollars in phone calls to South Seas islands.
Click on an URGENT! warning that seems to come from eBay or Citigroup, and you could be reeled onto a phisher's ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Open unfamiliar e-mail at your own risk.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)