Guard Yourself against Wrestling Viruses

Did you know there are some computer virus propagators out there that target wrestling fans?

There are some sites based in India (and other places I am sure) that are creating web content with wrestling keywords, such as "Stone Cold Steve Austin" or "WrestleMania". However, when you get to the site, you find an article that doesn't deal with the subject and has has several commonly searched wrestling phrasese embedded in the text.

You click away.

And then you are in a pop-up blizzard.

The pop-ups try to infect you with a virus.

It happened to me. That is why my computer was out of commission (and thus my website) earlier this year.

Of coures, I didn't link to that site.

And I don't link to anysite that I think is suspect.

That is part of what I do. I search through wrestling material and filter out the crap for my loyal readers.

I suspect the program that gave me a virus was an Active X charged entity. I know how to stop Active X renegades now. Check out this article from the Kim Komando website, Active X Settings Advice.