A Christmas warning, malware E cards. - Computer Support Forums

**Plastic Nev** · 05-12-2008, 01:43 PM

Beware the Christmas E card, the malware writers are at it again. The card comes as a normal looking Christmas card via E mail, but it carries a nasty payload of one of the backdoor trojans. more here-
Computer Buyer: News: Christmas malware comes early

**Mara** · 05-12-2008, 04:48 PM

Thanks for the 'heads up' about this!

I simply and utterly don't open any ecards anymore - and gently suggest none of my friends do either. Most of us are getting savvy to things like things - simply because of the wonderful advice on sites like ours here - but there are zillions of the vulnerable out there (usually really young or even sadder, older folks) who's computers are destroyed by stuff like this.

Thanks again, Plastic Nev.

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05-12-2008, 04:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
Mara Status: Free PC Help Contributor Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 288 Operating System: Windows XP - Home Edition PC Experience: Some Experience	Thanks for the 'heads up' about this! I simply and utterly don't open any ecards anymore - and gently suggest none of my friends do either. Most of us are getting savvy to things like things - simply because of the wonderful advice on sites like ours here - but there are zillions of the vulnerable out there (usually really young or even sadder, older folks) who's computers are destroyed by stuff like this. Thanks again, Plastic Nev.