The virus-bearing greeting card spam is still a prominent threat; we’ve been seeing messages about this on the GT computer support staff mailing lists, and the problem is getting media coverage as well:

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/07/notsofriendly_greeting_cards_1.html

Virus greeting cards can appear to have been sent by real people, perhaps even someone you know. For the moment, the best way to handle any electronic greeting cards you may receive is to delete them without opening them.

The virus payload is delivered when a user clicks on one of the links in the greeting card, so if you have accidentally opened a suspicious card, it’s still safe to delete it, as long as you have not followed its links.

If you suspect you may have accidentally clicked through a suspicious link, please contact LCC Support immediately - this virus carries a payload that’s a serious threat to the security of your computer and the network.

Posted in News on Monday, July 23rd, 2007 at 12:05 pm