another warning courtesy of symatec

[S.T.Chapman]

Don’t fall into Blackmal’s trap
More than a few of us might be tempted to open email attachments promising images from the Kama Sutra... But to do so would be to fall into the trap set up by Blackmal. Discovered on 17 January, the virus spreads through infected emails and automatically sends itself to all the email addresses on an infected computer. Following a now standard procedure, the virus also deactivates security software. Even more worrisome, on the third day of every month the virus, which is classed as a level 2 risk (out of a possible 5), attempts to delete files.
give effective protection from these threats. But, despite the fact that Blackmal’s propagation methods are by now familiar to the general public, the virus has nevertheless managed to infect a large number of computers. Conclusion: always be on your guard to protect yourself from virus attacks.


make your own mind up on this. Im only passing it on