Reports of a peephole video showing ESPN's reporter Erin Andrews nude first emerged on Friday, but since then it's continued to be one of the most widely searched for terms on the Internet. Hackers aren't wont to pass that sort of opportunity up, and are attempting to infect your computer via purported links to the video.

The more popular something is, the more people want to use it as a way to scam people. An example would be the recent swine flu related spam attacks, and these are phishing scams that sends Facebook users to fake login sites (today fbstarter.com, yesterday fbaction.net).

While not saying it in quite those terms, Symantec released its latest Internet Security Threat Report on Tuesday, stating that "malicious activity continues to grow at a record pace." Certainly, those watching the activity surrounding Conficker might agree that things are somewhat risky out there.

Hackers have already jumped on the earlier good news about Conficker detectors for networked PCs, and have poisoned search engine results to point to malware rather than the detection tools themselves.

Microsoft Corp. is addressing customer frustration with the complexity of security products in a new integrated marketing campaign launched today called Easy, Easier (http://www.easyeasier.com).