The methods used to compromise users computers are often close to the same types of attacks that we saw twenty years ago. One of the most common ways in which computers are infected by malware is via boobytrapped email attachment, where the attacker will send a carefully-crafted message to your inbox. The criminals behind them alter their malware to avoid detection by anti-virus companies, and download their malicious payloads from other web servers. But even though these attacks flare and subside within just a few hours, others are on their way.”]