Christmas is coming...but so are festive viruses!:

[Alan Lyons]

As Christmas approaches, I would like everyone to be aware of the risks involved in sending and receiving electronic greetings cards and downloading or distributing similar 'festive' electronic media. The web-sites providing these items are not always well managed and often harbour viruses and other malicious codes.

"A recent example is a web-site called www.friend-greetings.com. The email misleads a victim into downloading an application - ostensibly to view a web card - then sends itself to every email address in the victim's Outlook contacts file. If you do receive an e-card, you should delete it without attempting to visit the 'link' provided.

This is an edited version of an artical launched on our works intranet service but it applies to all internet users.

Even so, I hope ye all have a very merry christmas, and Santa is good to you all. Be good and dont end up like this