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.

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/NEWS01/701060312/1002/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..