Hello My Dear AdlandPro Friends & Family,
I wanted to write and warn you all about an email that is being sent out that has got a virus of some sort in it. These people that do this obviously have a very boring life or something, but they really need to find a better use of their time.
Here is the article that I received, and I have gotten a couple of these emails.
People use e-mail spam to write and spread malicious software -- some of it able to harness your PC to send out even more spam. The messages that you have been seeing that claim to contain links to online postcards or greetings from "a friend" or "a schoolmate" are linking you to software worms or worse.
When you see one of these messages, delete it. Do not click on the link in the message. That link connects to a Web site that could install malicious software on your computer that lets someone else exploit it or control it. Some greeting-card spam messages carry a variation of the Storm worm, which can download its own updates once it infests an unprotected system.
All of this is another reason to have up-to-date antivirus software on your computer and not to click on random links in generic-looking messages.
American Greetings, for example, has helpful information on how to spot fake e-cards at http://www.americangreetings.com/help
So, that is the article...DO NOT open any emails saying that someone sent you an e-card that just look like a generic email message.
Have a great day and God Bless You All,
Love Marilyn
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