Christmas greetings by e-mail, the perfect disguise for a virus
Source: PressRoom
L33tdawg: This is a pretty usual warning users get when it comes to the festive season. It's so easy to capitalize on easy victims who may slip and click on an attachment from people unknown to them, thinking it could be yet another e-card.
With Christmas approaching, the customary deluge of e-mail greetings and graphic applications with festive themes begins to reach our desktops. Despite their innocent appearance, these messages should always be treated with great caution as they provide the ideal camouflage for computer viruses.
Although there is nothing new about this kind of trickery, users are still caught out year after year. A clear example of this is the Win32/SKA worm, better known as Happy 99, a virus in the guise of a new year's greeting. This virus has been in circulation for nearly three years but continues to spread and is still one of the most frequently reported viruses according to the WildList Organization International Other examples of this hidden threat include W32/Navidad.B and VBS/HappyTime. These viruses also figure in the 'Wildlist', and despite having been around for some time, are sure to spread further throughout the holiday season.
