Monday, February 28, 2005

1001 Postcards : Hurting and Healing (Aunt Edna Virus)

I'm going to admit it. I got this e-mail and since I had a relative with that name, I did a bit of extra checking. I viewed the e-mail safely as text only and saw the IP numbers instead of the URL. Clue number one.

Still, because of the name, I was curious so I went to the http://www.postcards.org site and found this "Aunt Edna Virus" page.

If you have no relative by that name I don't know how you'd ever fall for it. Even with a relative with that name, those who are skeptical first will not have to fix the damages later. Also, if you type the URL in yourself, instead of clicking on the links in the e-mail, it would keep you safe in this case.

Oh, if you are wondering, it appears that you don't get the virus until you visit the bogus Web site. That's why the e-mail is not stopped by nor does it appear as a virus to an antivirus program.

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