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"love is a virus" so goes a song. But the
virus writers have taken this one too seriously. This
Valentine’s Day, beware of emails from a “Silent
Admirer”, with some romantic subject lines. The
smart Virus writer knows that there are many, who believe
their dream lover will appear from nowhere on this celebrated
day of love. Trust Virus-men for psychological ploys!
“The nature of genuine Valentine emails have changed
over the last few years. Flash files or .exe attachments
will require you to download a particular file or click
on a specific link to play. Now this method can be employed
by Virus creator, to infect your computer with a Trojan,
Worm or Spyware.” Explains Govind Rammurthy, CEO,
MicroWorld Technologies.
MicroWorld experts have found that worm "Vbs_Valentin.A"
is most likely to surface on the Valentines Day. Others
like Worm-blebla.B" and "VBS-ILoveyou"
too, may have some dangerous love bites in store for
you.
The security firm urges its users to update their anti-virus
software eScan and MailScan to defeat these disguised
threats. It’s also well advised to stay away from
any Valentine message from strangers. At the end of
the day, no e-card is worth risking your precious personal
information, cautions Rammurthy.
MicroWorld
MicroWorld ( www.mwti.net
) are the developers of the world's first Real-Time
Anti-Virus and Content Security software eScan
for desktops and servers. Its communication security
software, MailScan is the first comprehensive
e-mail scanner for your SMTP/POP3 Mail Server.
MicroWorld Winsock Layer (MWL) is the revolutionary
technology underlying these products, powering them
to several certifications and awards by some of the
most prestigious testing bodies, notable among them
being Virus Bulletin, Checkmark, TUCOWS, Red Hat
Ready, and Novell Ready. Combining their powerful
scanner with MWL technology, MicroWorld solutions provide
a Real-Time Proactive security for your systems. For
network security of enterprises, eConceal Firewall
is the latest powerful offering from MicroWorld.
To learn more, Kindly visit http://www.mwti.net
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From
MicroWorld
Email: response@mwti.net
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