For those of us who do much of our correspondence through e-mail, it's important to keep abreast of the latest viruses, spam and scams. The Washington Post recently ran an article about the latest virus spam to hit e-mail boxes - about 275 million since July 2.
The computer virus is concealed in a link to an online greeting card, which appears to have come from a friend, family member, school mate, neighbor, fellow worshipper, etc. If you click on the link that is given in the message in order to "view your e-card," it actually uploads a virus to your computer.
The article says, "Now that consumers generally know about the dangers of opening attachments from unknown senders, some hackers have turned to using links instead. Web site links don't generate the same level of suspicion among Internet users, as consumers regularly send online gift cards, share online photo albums and offer birthday wishes via e-mail."
If you receive one of these greeting card e-mails and you don't know who it's from, it's best to just delete it. (To read the full article, please follow this link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/20/AR2007072002116.html?referrer=email).
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