>>> BACK NOW 7:41 ON THIS THURSDAY MORNING.
WE'VE GOT ROSSEN REPORTS, MORE OF OUR SPECIAL SERIES, KEEPING
SAFE. >> HOW TO PROTECT YOUR SELF FROM
DANGEROUS COMPUTER VIRUSES THAT COULD BE TRACKING YOUR EVERY
MOVE ONLY. TODAY CORRESPONDENT JEFF ROSSEN
HERE WITH THAT STORY. HEY, JEFF.
>> THIS AFFECTS ALL OF US. WE USE OUR COMPUTERS AND LAPTOPS
EVERY DAY. SO MANY CASES OF HACKERS
ATTACKING COMPUTERS RECENTLY. A MAJOR BREACH THIS WEEK.
CLICK ONE WRONG THING AND, BOOM, YOUR COMPUTER IS AFFECTED WITH A
VIRUS, SPYWARE THAT TRACKS YOUR EVERY MOVE, EVEN WATCHING YOU ON
YOUR WEBCAM. NO CLUE YOU'RE INFECTED.
DON'T WORRY, THIS MORNING WE'RE HERE TO KEEP YOU SAFE.
SHOWING YOU HOW TO SPOT IT AND THEN GET RID OF IT.
THESE VOLUNTEERS ARE IN FOR A BIG SURPRISE.
>> CAREFUL. >> HANDING OVER THEIR COMPUTERS
TO THIS REPUTABLE COMPANY FOR A FREE SYSTEM SCAN.
THEY THINK THEIR DEVICES ARE CLEAN, BUT NOT SO FAST.
TURNS OUT MILLIONS OF US ARE AT RISK EVERY DAY.
JUST THIS WEEK HBO REVEALING A NEW CYBER ATTACK, COMP RO
-- COMPROMISING INFORMATION.
SPYING ON USERS FOR POSSIBLY YEARS.
ALSO THIS YEAR A WORLDWIDE CYBER ATTACK HITTING MORE THAN 300,000
COMPUTERS IN 150 COUNTRIES, THREATENING TO DELETE PEOPLE'S
PERSONAL FILES UNLESS THEY PAID HACKERS A RANSOM.
WOULD YOU KNOW IF A NASTY VIRUS IS ON YOUR COMPUTER RIGHT NOW?
WE'RE ABOUT TO SHOW YOU EVERYTHING TO KEEP YOU SAFE.
TO DO IT WE'VE COME HERE TO SPEED GEEK.
THESE ARE THE SPECIALISTS THAT DO INSIDE THE COMPUTER AND TELL
US WHAT'S ON THERE AND WHY. HERE IS THE OWNER.
>> MOST OF TIME PEOPLE INSTALL PROGRAMS.
THEY DON'T REALIZE IT BUT THEY COME WITH OTHER PROGRAMS THAT
SPY ON YOU AND HIT NEXT, NEXT, NEXT, AGREE, AGREE, AND THEY GET
IT. E-MAILS.
>> SUDDENLY THEY WERE IN THE
COMPUTER AND SPYING AND WE DON'T KNOW.
>> HAVE NO IDEA. >> SO WHAT WILL OUR EXPERT FIND
ON OUR VOLUNTEERS LAPTOPS. HE GETS TO WORK SCANNING EVERY
FILE. SOME ARE TOTALLY CLEAN.
>> NO ISSUES HERE. >> BUT NOT THE OTHERS.
>> THIS HAS NASTY SPYWARE, VERY, VERY BAD STUFF.
>> I SEE RED, WHAT DID YOU FIND. >> WE FOUND SPYWARE ON HALF OF
THE COMPUTERS YOU BROUGHT US, FOUR OUT OF THE EIGHT.
>> HALF? >> YES.
THEY PLANT THEMSELVES IN THE BROWSER.
EVERYTHING YOU DO THROUGH YOUR BROWSER IS AT RISK.
>> FOR THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE WAITING FOR THEIR COMPUTERS.
>> THEY HAVE NO IDEA. >> IT'S CREEPY.
>> EXACTLY, IT'S VERY CREEPY. >> TIME TO BREAK THE NEWS TO OUR
VOLUNTEERS. >> DO YOU GUYS KNOW WHY WE ASKED
YOU TO STAY BEHIND? >> NO.
>> WE FOUND TONS OF MALWARE AND SPYWARE ON YOUR COMPUTERS.
>> OH, NO. >> YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE USING IT.
YOU'RE NOT USING IT IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE OR ANYTHING, SO YOU
THINK YOU'RE THE ONLY PERSON ON THIS COMPUTER BUT I GUESS WE'RE
NOT. >> THEY ARE WATCHING.
SALLY WE FOUND VIRUSES ON YOUR COMPUTER BECAUSE YOU CLICKED ON
POP-UP ADS THAT COME UP. YOU KNOW POP-UP ADS.
>> I KNEW I SHOULDN'T HAVE. >> TO KNOW SOMEONE HAS ACCESS,
LOOKING AT IT FREAKS ME OUT A LITTLE BIT.
>> HERE IS THE ADVICE, NEVER CLICK ON POP-UP ADS, NEVER OPEN
E-MAIL ATTACHMENTS FROM PEOPLE YOU DON'T KNOW, AND BACK UP ALL
YOUR FILES ON AN EXTERNAL DRIVE. THE BEST PART IS WE CLEANED ALL
YOUR COMPUTERS FOR FREE. >> THANKS.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT. >> GOT IT.
GOOD TO GO. GET OUT OF HERE AND FOLLOW THE
ADVICE. BYE, GUYS.
>> SEE YOU. >> THEY WERE GREAT SPORTS.
HERE ISRE IS ANOTHER GREAT TIP. ALWAYS MAKE SURE TO INSTALL
SOFTWARE UPDATES ON YOUR COMPUTER'S SYSTEM.
A LOT OF TIMES UPDATES HELP PROTECT YOU FROM THE VIRUS GOING
AROUND. HOW DO YOU DO THAT?
I HAVE A STEP BY STEP WEBSITE RIGHT FOR YOU ON
TODAY.COM/ROSSENREPORTS THAT WILL WALK YOU THROUGH IT.
>> EVERY TIME I SEE A REPORT LIKE THIS IT SCARES ME.
>> YOU BUY CLOTHES ONLINE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN ADS