Virus warning

I just took a look at my SPAM folder and found a message there that said "You have just recieved a HALLMARK card". I took a look at the message and it had all the usual Hallmark doodads on it only it never said WHO was sending the card. Of course there was a link I was supposed to click on to get the card. This is exactly how computer viruses and worms get downloaded to your hard disk. NEVER click on one of these links if you suspect it in any way.

(In this case there were actually 2 clues. 1. The sender wasn't identified, and 2. I suspect the real Hallmark company knows how to spell 'received'.)

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also, hi-lighting (BUT NOT CLICKING) on a link is a dead giveaway.....as it is often fake....

rule of thumb, if you don't know the person who sent it...DO NOT open it....

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Updated On: 2/18/08 at 07:20 PM

Yes, "i" before "e," except after "sleaze."

I live by that rule.

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That's why Hallmark has changed their e-card policy to include the full name of the person sending the card. If you don't recognize the name, don't open the card!

This crazy thing called the internet...

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So glad to have a mac.

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Dame, me too!

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Interesting about the video thing. Someone on my facebook buddy list spammed a bunch of us with web addresses for where pictures of us were. Obviously I investigated it first. But, I figured it was spam since it happened to multiple people, and the websites were all different. Oh yeah, and words were misspelled too.

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Kringas got that one, too!

Jerby I got that from you earlier today and I was wondering. I was like "i can't remember him ever taking any videos when we went out..." Luckily, I saw the email on my phone and by the time I got back to my house a few hours later, you'd posted the myspace and facebook warnings.

Hope you got rid of it!!! That always sucks!

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