So I sit down at my computer yesterday. I check my Outlook folder. E-mail from Hallmark. Early Valentine, I suppose. After all, this is the season, and my family doesn't hesitate to send some electronic love.
Anyway, I open the E-mail and... weird. Instead of a sender, there is a url address. Red flags. Road flares. All kinds of warning signals flashing. I go ahead and take it a step further, wincing slightly, and click. Instead of going to Hallmark's Web site, which is typically the routine, I get a little gray box asking me if I'm ready to download a file. Yeah, uh, I think I'll cancel that order.
I decide to try the safe route. Go to Hallmark, enter the username and password in the e-mail. No dice. Hallmark doesn't recognize the digits. I try again. Same results.
Yep. Virus, I'm pretty sure.
I sit down at my computer today. Checking the news. Come across this little story about Valentine's greetings spreading trojans. That was close.
My point? Valentine's day is a dangerous occassion as it is. Don't increase the hazards by opening bogus cards. There will be plenty of potential landmines anyway.
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Something tells me that wasn't the only virus that will be spread around this Valentine's season.
* rim shot *
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