All the more important that you use Firefox with adblock and flashblock or at the very least, run a pop-up blocking software and have adware/spyware removal tools available.
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From: Oren Beck Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 10:59 PM To: KCLUG (E-mail) Subject: Could this have been prevented with Linux? OR common sense? http://www.norwichbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070106/NEWS0 1/701060312/1002/NEWS17 Forgive the long link- but this is NOT a story that should go by uncommented. For if we do so, the "Who's next?" may be any innocent caught unaware. Read the story and be very afraid..