Re: Being smart with computer security.
I think the whole thing is bs. First of all it was his MAIL ACCOUNT that was hacked not his computer. Via that they got his password for his account. So either he stored his pass there [why would anyone do that?] or they used the account to mail party for a new pass [this is why passwords are better sent via regular mail]. Hotmail been hacked several times before and should never be used for stuff like this. I do not feel sorry for him at all.
As soon as somthing like this happens everyone talks about getting firewalls, antispywhere and stuff. It is not needed if you set up your computer correctly and do not do stupid things (like clicking on every file you get on email and so on). The only securitything worth having as far as I am conserned is a good virusscanner. I only use mine to scan downloaded files. Having a resident scanners just sucks the life of any computer and does nothing good.
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