On February 12, I received more than a 25 email messages from people I know beckoning me to check out an attached photo of teen tennis star, Anna Kournikova. I didn t open the files. If I had, a virus worm would have immediately seized control of my Outlook email messaging system, sending off dozens of this same self-propagating message under my name to contacts in my address book. Fortunately for the senders, this particular worm was not a destructive one. It could have, for example, just as easily wiped out the contents of the sender s hard drive after sending the messages.
Computer viruses are out there and can do serious damage.
They can destroy data and, in extreme cases, even make your computer unbootable. However, this has not been just luck. I would like your assistance in a far-reaching questionnaire dealing with your current technology use. All personal information provided in this survey will be held in strict confidentiality. Your survey answers will be aggregated with all other results.