Smart Fortress Virus 2012 Attack

Hi,

To get infected, it does not matter whether you're on Hotmail or Gmail or Yahoo Mail or anything.

To get infected, one of these below has to happen:
-> you clicked a link containing malicious code
-> downloaded & installed files with hidden malicious codes
-> visited a site which streamed malicious code through your browser
-> opened an attachment of an email
-> shared a flash drive or hard-drive which is infected
-> someone planted a malware in your PC while you're away.

I may missed something above.

Most of the time, to prevent infection is to be AWARE of potential threats and always have the anti-virus/anti-malware/firewall database updated.

I would recommend 3 software only:
-> Webroot - lots of coverage against threats and has light footprint on PC system as well as superquick to react.
-> Trojan Remover ( what others can't get, they can detect )
-> MalwareBytes Anti-Malware ( very focused people behind this )

I dumped all other BRANDED & POPULAR anti-virus because they were hogging my system resources, slow to react and their database are always lagging behind the 3 mentioned above.