Framed for child porn by a PC virus »

Posted By myfairlady 1 week, 5 days ago in News

Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.

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    calitennflo1 week, 4 days ago

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    I've always wondered if the FBI would send someone an e-mail just to look into what they have in their inbox...now I am confident they would.
    I won't let that possibility worry me though...thanks for the info.

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      tchef1 week, 4 days ago

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      Makes me glad I own a Mac.

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      Dionys1 week, 4 days ago

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      I suspect this is now the excuse that child porn collectors will use in their defense. "I swear -- it was the virus that downloaded those."

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        blainegarrett1 week, 4 days ago

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        It seems like keeping your antivirus up to date would prevent this. Speaking of which, I wonder when I last updated mine... hrm. I better check.

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