There is a new virus going around that pretends to be a postcard from a friend, family member, schoolmate, etc. Within the email are links to where you can download the "postcard."
In reality you will not be getting a postcard, you will be getting a virus. How sneaky.
While this method of spreading viruses usually doesn’t work well because the host site is taken down quickly, I thought this one was worth commenting on not because of the nastiness of the virus or the way it spreads.
I am writing about it because I am surprised it took clever virus writers this long to come up with this approach. I searched for other viruses that have used the "You have a greeting card approach." If it has been done before, it didn’t make any of the major antivirus database sites.
Be careful as you search the web. Send real greeting cards and you will be much safer.
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