SmallBusinessNewz

Small business owners obviously have a lot of things demanding their immediate attention: think attracting tightfisted consumers and dealing with tax season, for starters.
Now's a bad time to forget about computer security, though, and Microsoft is trying to help on that front.

Since the recession has put a fair number of people out of work, it's reasonable to believe spammers' ranks have swelled.  The recession may also have made the average person a more susceptible target, given that desperation could drive them to consider embracing too-good-to-be-true opportunities.

So a post on the Small Business Blog from Microsoft stated, "Microsoft has put together an advisory support site for anyone who's at all concerned about viruses, spam, Trojans, malware - whatever their type. . . .  [B]oth consumers and businesses can get free advice and support, including how to recognise phishing and scamming here."

It seems that February is also "Scams Awareness Month," so a link to Consumer Direct (which explains many schemes) was given next, and then there's a link to Get Safe Online (The Blog) for good measure.

It's painful to imagine a business making it this far into the recession only to be injured or felled by a virus or scam.  Reducing the risk might be worth a little light reading.