Valentine's Day Storm Worm

Snopes ^ | Updated - February 3, 2008

[yorkie]

PLEASE READ - Malicious email

If you receive an email with any of the following subjet lines, please delete the email immediately.

[Fintan]

You mean like “from”?

[the invisib1e hand]

oh, come on. you couldn't post the punchline?

how do we know that link won't take us to a malicious Valentine's Day Worm site?

[yorkie]

I tried to copy and paste the article, but they must have it blocked from copy.

I would be very careful about opening any attachments - even from friends - because I have heard that viruses can use your address book, and mail attachments to your friends with your name and address as the sendee.

(That is why I do not have an address book, and never use Outlook Ex-Press - deliberately misspelled.)

[I'm ALL Right!]

Checked snopes. It's real.

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/valentine.asp

You may cut and paste that, so you don't fear clicking into a virus download.

[yorkie]

It's real alright. The same link is next to "(Excerpt) Read more at snopes.com" and also at the top under the headline, where it says, "Snopes" in red.

I got one about a month ago - the subject line said, "You have a card from a friend". Well, I deleted it, because if it was from a friend, I got a 'red-light' when it didn't use that friend's name.

Be careful - because a lot of people send cards to their friends at Valentie's day - before opening one, you might want to check with your friend first, and make sure they, in fact, did send you a card.

[cateizgr8]

I clicked the link without cutting/pasting. What are the chances that the link is the virus itself?

[the invisib1e hand]

trivia: although I enjoy outlook express, I once opened an email from Priests for Life and it shut the computer down withing seconds.

Clearly someone hijacked their address book. Pretty nasty tactics...but then, well, so is abortion.

[yorkie]

I didn’t have any trouble copying or pasting the link. Just the article. It just wouldn’t highlight - at all.

Hope I didn’t cause any misunderstanding.

[cateizgr8]

I am just paranoid that I am going to download a virus..again..So,the link itself is safe?

[yorkie]

Yep. It is the Snopes link.

[pandoraou812]

I won’t open cards or even emails I don’t know. Just way simpler & safer IMHO.

[yorkie]

I won’t open cards or even emails I don’t know

My email has a quarantine box. Problem is, I have to read the subject line to make sure it isn't from a friend, before I delete the whole thing. (There have been a couple times there was email from friends in there.)

So, I refuse to check my quarantine box box before breakfast. All those horrible 'enlargement' emails, fake rolex watches, prescription drugs, cheap vacation packages, free samples, discount hotel prices, learn to dance, brown bag escort services..... Does anybody really open that stuff?

[pandoraou812]

I use a mail washer program. So I get to see what is what & bounce all that seems odd. I like it & when I get mail little bubbles start floating up from my task bar. lol

[yorkie]

I want one of those! ;-)

[pandoraou812]

Info for mailwasher in your Freepmail

[yorkie]

Thank you, Pandy!

[I'm ALL Right!]

doubtful