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E-mail Virus Warnings

November 21, 2006 - Filed under: security — Tags:

I still get an occasional e-mail from well meaning friends that tell me that the newest virus is on the loose. It is undetectable, not repairable, and if I open a certain attachment a hammer will pop out of my screen and smash my hard drive to bits.

Unfortunately it’s just not that simple anymore. While it’s still not a good idea to open an attachment that you don’t know or has a possible executable file in it, many attacks target your machine from a web page or don’t have to be opened at all.

Your best bets are still, keeping all of your software especially your virus protection up-to-date, scan regularly for spyware, don’t open any attachments except the ones that you are expecting form a trusted source.

Real virus warnings are rarely sent by e-mail, not unless you request it and don’t say things like “it will erase everything on your computer.” They usually look more like this…

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