[Arpege92]

I am totally clueless about computers and things like this scare me, but I was told to never open any new email unless I am sure where it is coming from. :-}

[boxerblues]

#1 rule if you dont know who sent it, the delete is your best friend. If you see a lot of messages from your "friends" with the same subject all of a sudden chances are it is a virus. Better safe than sorry

[8mmMauser]

Be just a bit careful even about email names you know. I recently received an email from a friend and I recognized the subject and it looked perfectly ok. But, the address didn't look quite right. After the @ the location was different from usual. Still, it was passable. But my anti-virus caught it and I discovered it was a variety that spoofs.

At first I accused our friend.

It invaded an organization to which our friend once sent the same email subject. It stole her email name and attached it to the email tail of the organization, and stole her subject line as well. Then, it sent out to all the addys attached to the original. When I queried our friend, she was shocked, surprised, never got hit at all, but almost got the blame.