You Knew It Was Bound To Happen:
Fake H1N1 flu alerts are flying around the web, installing malware on end users' machines. "No, Charlotte, ain't nothin' sacred." You can read about it on ZDNet. The email messages contain a link and ask you to go to a website and "create your personal H1N1 (swine flu) Vaccination Profile." The language looks legitimate enough, but when you click the link, you're in for a malicious download. The government doesn't send out email making these sorts of requests. That includes the IRS.
And while we're on the topic, no one is going to give you millions of dollars.
Somebody's having a birthday this month. Now if I could just remember who it is ...?
Fake H1N1 flu alerts are flying around the web, installing malware on end users' machines. "No, Charlotte, ain't nothin' sacred." You can read about it on ZDNet. The email messages contain a link and ask you to go to a website and "create your personal H1N1 (swine flu) Vaccination Profile." The language looks legitimate enough, but when you click the link, you're in for a malicious download. The government doesn't send out email making these sorts of requests. That includes the IRS.
And while we're on the topic, no one is going to give you millions of dollars.
Somebody's having a birthday this month. Now if I could just remember who it is ...?
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