Link This scam can be activated merely by opening an e-email. No clicking required.

"A critical software bug has been discovered in several of the most widely used anti-virus programs"  Thirty-nine different symantec products could leave computer users vulnerable to theft of personal information.  The glitch happens during decompression of RAR files and allows attackers to take complete control of the system.    

Process Explorer is like task manager on steroids.

A flaw, discovered last week, that allows viri and spyware to infect a computer merely by opening an image was recently made worse by hackers who published the vulnerable source code.  A new patch will be out around Jan. 10, but many security experts are recommending people  to use an unofficial patch and to be careful following  unknown links and opening e-mail.  (stuff like this is why i stopped the musical vision threads)