Pictures on internet being used to spread malware.

This might be a bit late to post about this, but about May 2011, I believe there was a peak  of malware infested pictures back then.
Hackers  install monitoring programme on legitimate websites that monitor google trends for top keywords, then add content relevant to current affairs that will be crawled by internet bots, say libya, al-qaeda or the latest hurricane,`poisoned pictures' relating to the latest current affairs say Colonel Gaddhafi, Bin Laden or hurricane Irene then appear in google images or where ever which  online picture library they use.
These `poisoned pictures' redirect you to either fake antivirus websites or to websites that download malware to your computer.

`Poisoned pictures' can  also be of things such as electriconics and computer related items.

Slightly off topic, I think I know what will be next, but won't say(don't want to give hackers any ideas!)

Mystery shopper scams

There are warnings that the uk mystery shopper/shopping employment agency is a scam.
There are other mystery shopping/shopper scams out there on the internet.

419 scams and suchlike

I received in my hotmail junk folder  today(28 february 2011)an email from someone in Burkino Faso saying there was money from the bank account of a deceased person which I could access,if I pretended to be a relative.
Similiar emails from ivory coast prior.
Search Amazon.com for 419 scam
Search Amazon.com for nigerian scam

Check your online receipts

You should check  the amount you spend with online retailers because there have been cases of discreprancies such as with asda supermarket,the sums on the receipts didn't add up right.
(they say they added on different items,hence the disprecancy)(sp?)