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Computer viruses, Trojans, spyware, greyware, and the like, are never fun but there seems to have been an explosion of them recently. Of course it may just be that I've seen an inordinate number of them, but I think it might just be that the authors of this nastiness are simply getting ahead of the antivirus and antispyware software that tries to keep them at bay. And the tactics they use to get you infected has gotten better too.

Take the UPS spam message that's been going around the past month or so. This message claims that a parcel sent by UPS couldn't be delivered because the recipient's address was incorrect. It then advises you to print the attached invoice and bring it to the UPS office.

Read more: Antivirus 2009, UPS, and MSNBC