At the recent World Economic Forum held in Davos, experts discussed the extent of Internet fraud and it’s estimated that between 100 and 150 million PCs are now part of botnets - PCs infected with trojan virus programs run to execute online fraud scams, release spam email campaigns and infiltrate user personal identity information. All PC users should be aware of the latest methods virus originators employ to gain “backdoor” access to PCs.

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