Re: Warning! Don't open email christmas cards from 123greetings.com!

[Scott Frost <Huck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This site when opened with the Mozilla browser I use, functions very 
normally, and gives me a lot of options for browsing and sending e cards 
which function exactly as it claims. Is it possible that you are still 
running Internet Explorer that has not had the latest Windows update 
applied to it? I have fixed many systems that acted as you said yours 
has and this has almost always been the cause of this reaction. All of 
those that did not have this as the underlying cause had a resident 
Trojan in the system, usually of the Trojan.Downloader variety. Flash is 
a very steady and time proven program for playing animations in emails 
and on web sites. I personally after years of trying programs to protect 
my system have found that AVG virus protection (Free), AdAware (Free), 
and Spybot (Free),  all used together have given me excellent system 
protection, especially when used with the much less vulnerable web 
browser Mozilla instead of IE from Microsoft.

Take care,
frosty
2frosty computer consultants.

Jim Blair wrote:

> There is a fake email with a spoof of website that DOESN'T arrive with a 
> download attached. When you go to the site, take note of the URL because it 
> is FAKE! Http://ww.123greetings.com is NOT the real company!
>   If you do open the URL, the card can't be seen, but there is a link below 
> it that says: "if you can't view this image (which no-one can because it is 
> fake) download the latest Flash player here".
>   DON'T do it! It will corrupt your computer! I tried to inform my local 
> news service, but they weren't interested yet, but this could be the worst 
> viral outbreak on the net if something isn't done quick!.
> The URL was http://ww.123greetings.com/view/DBXXXXXXXXXXXXXX and when 
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> www71.123greetings.com opened instead, that's what tipped me off. 
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