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November 08, 2008 04:18AM
My evening news indicates that Microsoft has out a warning that an email is circulating titled "Postcard from Hallmark". DO NOT OPEN IT regardless of who it is from. It supposedly contains the worst virus ever and supposedly it will wipe your hard drive. I dunno whether this is for real or not, but better safe than sorry. Just delete it.
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November 11, 2008 01:37AM
Flash this is a real threat. I had problems with it a few months ago.
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November 11, 2008 02:22AM
There have been a number of similar attempts to maliciously cause folks to click a seemingly innocent link and infect their computers. Before posting this note I did check snopes.com [www.snopes.com] and their information was about an attack in July 2007. I don't know whether the current 'round' is a new virus or just a recycling of the old problem.

There always are and likely always will be folks who think it is 'funny' to cause grief to others. Common sense when using your computer as well as keeping your Anti-Virus software up to date can go a long way to keeping your computer experience safe and problem free.
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November 13, 2008 03:20PM
Ok question....I am so afraid of missing e-mail from Mystery Shop reps that i open just about everything. But when the e-mail comes in the person name is there and subject will be something just general...can't tell you how many times I almost just deleted thinking it was junk. Anyway to avoid the possibilty of tossing legit e-mails?
thank-you
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November 13, 2008 05:37PM
My basic policy is that I recognize names of many schedulers that come in on my emails. I don't even bother opening the ones from some companies and schedulers. If I am looking for a cheap shop in their areas I can go directly to their website. I DO NOT OPEN a window from an email unless it is one of those "you must click on this invitation" deals or unless it is a recognized SASSIE shop with the SASSIE links. Even then I am likely to go to my Firefox bookmark and open the website itself from a known-to-be-safe source. When I get 'invitations' from new companies, I am likely to research the company with whois.com and other forums before I attempt to sign up. And has been pointed out above with some browsers you can see where the link is actually taking you by rolling over it before clicking. With IE you can right click on the link and take a look at "Properties" to see where the link is going.
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November 29, 2008 02:32PM
I live by the rule of "Don't click on ANY link sent via email". I have Gmail and the program scans many links but on occasion will miss some. I always check the official website pages to ask about any supposed alerts. I once received one from Paypal and just today received one from Facebook.
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December 01, 2008 05:37PM
I recently received an e-mail stating that the package I sent could not be delivered. I was to go to the site and give them my mailing address and other information so that the package could be re-routed. Duh, I had not sent any package. A few days later I found out that it was a scam and it would cause major damage to my computer if I opened the e-mail. This is horrible because of the holiday many people will be sending out packages. Please be for warned and do not open these e-mails.
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