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Details required :. Cancel Submit. Rob Koch. This depends on the email client you use and how susceptible it may be to being invoked by those items. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. This site in other languages x. Write down the name of the so called Virus, then go on the Internet and type in the name of the virus and the word scam. This will tell you if it is just a hoax.

If so simply delete the offending email. But on the other hand your Internet search reveals that it is a real threat then you can warn your friends, NOT by forwarding the Email but creating your own warning Email to send to them.

Most of the viruses on the Internet are put there by the very people who sell virus programs and Internet security.

It is a multi Billion dollar industry and so Virus program companies never want to see it end, only grow larger. Of course there are other idiots who have nothing to do with these companies who put viruses on the Internet just to hurt or be smart. Also China currently is training thousands of computer hackers to become adapt in corrupting military, government, banks and civilian computers in the West, that is one of the real dangers that might be facing us as we move towards skype or computer communications.

Years ago this was relatively safe however over recent years the people and companies who spend money and time developing programs worth Dollars are finding their profits and ideas stolen. So to combat this they are submitting serial numbers and small programs called keygens that generate a number or key for their programs that people have downloaded free.

However when you open these Number or Keygens it instantly corrupts your computer. So my advice is stay well away from Crack sites. Several simply run the so called free scan on your computer, As an experiment a group of computer Techs I know ran a couple of these programs on several computers.

At the end of the test strangely they all showed exactly the same faults. At the end of the test came the same message. Free scan complete, Our program can fix the faults found and speed up your computer just send us X amount of dollars. So after you send them the money and the program is activated if you are lucky your computer seems to run a bit faster. What has really happened is the program has placed a slow down robot on your computer. This is stopped for the 12 months of your paid time.

Towards the end of 12 months the slow down robot cuts in and as you get annoyed with your computers slowness you once again pay your subscription to the speed up con-men. Just the same as renewing your subscription to a Virus program company. It runs fine along with your Windows XP program.

The Emails your receive that are passed on Funnies that you get from someone that has also sent these Emails to everyone in their address book unknowing the real possibility nor risk as they do it in good faith not realising the risk to others they care for. These corrupt Emails are what they refer to in the trade as Used Condom Emails because they are passed on from and to many people they can carry corruptions and spyware not only to your computer but also to other peoples computers.

The problem with all the Windows operating systems is just like a protective mother they are to over protective and in this very fact leave your computer open to attack. It is as if they are in your home sitting at your computer.

Normally this system will only work if you give that person or persons electronic permission to access your computer. Another thing that you never hear mentioned is about Keyboard Viruses, whilst remotely connected to one of these hackers across the world or a corrupt Internet website, everything you type on your keyboard, Names, Phone numbers, Passwords and login words, numbers or letters also Email Address can be recorded on some hackers computer.

So the way to avoid this is when typing in private stuff use the Onscreen Keyboard you will find in Programsaccesoriesaccessabilities never have to type manually your password Etc.

Wow Ian, I doubt reputable companies use these ploys. Anyway — no matter how you enter text, my understanding is it goes through a keyboard buffer. So if you use a usb keyboard, or onscreen keyboard or automated batch process to enter data, it still puts and pulls the data from the keyboard buffer — that is unless it has changed without me knowing it which could happen.

You used to have to click on it. It maintains the selection of the last email you viewed not the one that just arrived. Wow as someone said!!!.. But I always assume the worst…So what to do?? Being very very careful helps a lot and may be the best at the moment. I loved reading the above. It confirms in a nutshell what I regularly tell family and friends re. Apple Mac computers I believe are faster, run smoother and never have a problem with Viruses.

But all too many people are so used to Windows… It is as if they are brainwashed and consider Linux to be an unsurmountable obstacle. However, saying that Macs never have problems with viruses is a very strong statement, so strong that I find it hard to believe… Could you explain why that should be so? Technically I see no way how or why Apple Mac could be totally invulnarable to viruses or other malware. Kind regards, Patrick. Patrick C, Linux and Macs are probably just as vulnerable to viruses.

Yup those attachments can be deadly. A month ago I decided to click on an attachment. Half an hour later I noticed my anti virus had been shut down. Not sure if I had restarted it or not during that period.

I did a scan and sure as God made little green apples I was infected. With the virus removed I felt better for about ten minutes then that voice that was telling me not to click on the attachment in the first place said check again. I restarted the computer and scanned and sure enough it was back. I removed it with an Avira rescue disk and did an all files scan with MalwareBytes and all was well after that.

All that time spent scanning was my own fault. I invited the darn thing into my computer. They can only imagine it. Truly weird people. That implies some cautionary scrutiny into even known contacts. The other thing is to describe the attachment and how it connects you to the recipient. Spammers who are sending out millions of copies of the same item to names on their list cannot personalize it.

Tom Almost all virus activity has shifted from the kicks hackers get from creating a virus, to malware that is used for illicit commercial purposes such as stealing credit card and log in information, and spam bots etc.