The best way to keep your software up to date is to say Yes to these updates as they are presented. Reputable software companies realize user concerns about security and privacy and will acknowledge the data flow between the computer and their Internet site using security certificates. If you have said No in the past to these prompts, you can manually run the software update module through shortcuts on your computer. Below, read PI's responses to one sender's comments. This helps prevent known problems.
Good programs check for suspicious files.
Ensure that your program was checking for all file types of your email attachments. As a recipient of your email, I know that the worm you were infected by was the latter, Wscript. KakWorm, discovered on Dec. 28, 1999. I wouldn't call that a new worm. It took the guy several days and cost me lots of money.