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Got an email today saying I've got an e-card from hallmark. Without thinking, I clicked on it. Suddenly got a warning from my AV that a trojan was downloading and stopped it. Parents got one as well.
I consider myself fairly technically proficient and experienced but it shows that we can all be caught out by the most simple thing.
I got one from my cousin, a security administrator with Lucent Technologies.
What do they teach them these days?
*hugs webmail* :)
happy birthday people!
For the last month I've been getting those flippin' things at a rate of about a dozen a day.
here's some helpful advice at avoiding the e-card virus spam at the moment:
1) IP addresses are a bad sign. do not click URLs with IP addresses in them
2) you don't have any worshipers. they haven't sent you an e-card
3) e-cards suck balls anyway, so there's no need to ever click on them anyway
Point 3 has always been my saving grace...
Someone I know has sent me an Ecard? What on earth for, they're utter crap!
Resist urge to click the link to find out who sent me an ecard so I can mock them forever....
http://img.123greetings.com/eventsne...03-34-1017.gif
Sorry about aggroing those mobs
crap, I got sent it by a friend in Dublin!
http://www.redrosebrewery.co.uk/images/irish.jpg
I can think of a worse virus - AIDS. That *really* kills you in RL.
yeah me too sucks dont it in with the other 100+ a day spam i getQuote:
Originally Posted by Steve
My mate has hearing aids....does that mean he is going to die? :surprised:Quote:
Originally Posted by Stewart
;)
The dangers of geting sex wee in your ears... :(
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Originally Posted by Stewart
funny that I make jokes about him being the right size for a rat\'s ear :D
Did you compare him to a cotton bud?
In 2000 I worked for a large aerospace company whose Head of IT opened the Lovebug email promptly sending it to every employee in the company. This caused havoc and he issued a warning that it would become a sackable offense if anyone opened the lovebug email.:wallbash::angst: My niece is more IT security savvy and she's only 10 weeks old.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brucelles