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With Valentine day here, many of you will
be tempted to log on to a "Free" ecard website and send a cute card
to your friends.
Use caution when using these free
services. A lot of e-card companies make their money by gathering valid
email addresses from users and selling them to marketers.
You might be better served by creating your
own card (see the March 2002 tip)
Also, some of the most successful viruses over
the last couple of years have used the promise of love to get users to set off
the damaging electronic payload.
One dis-reputable website, (the message is from cupid@valentines-ecard.com) is a good
example.
The site then asks users to download an
800Kb file that will need Flash to be viewed.
Antivirus firms have already discovered
that the software changes the browser's default search engine and drops an
unidentified DLL into Windows.
Never download ANYTHING you are not
POSITIVELY sure about.
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"Just because it's Valentine's Day,
users still need to 'think before they click'. The problem is that you can
never tell what damage an attachment or downloaded program will do until you've opened it - and by
then it's too late." |
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