BellaOnline Forums Computers Virus & Spam Heads Up! New Email Virus - Don't Click That Link!

I received an email today from my mother-in-law with a very strange link. I could see that the e-mail had been forwarded to everyone in her address book. Those clues let me know that what she'd sent me - inadvertently or intentionally - was actually a virus.

I emailed her to warn her that her email account must have been compromised and was now being used to send viruses to every e-mail address on her PC. Of course it turns out she did not send the e-mail and had never seen the link before.

If you EVER receive an e-mail that has a single link in it that you don't recognize - do NOT click on it. If you do click on it before realizing what it is, immediately run your AV program to find the virus and stop it in it's tracks.

Here's what the e-mail looked like:


You've been forewarned, so be careful! When I have more info on this nuisance, I'll post an article about it.

You right on top of things. I have had a few people's accounts get hacked in and I received the "famous" link.

Thank goodness I have learn't not to click on urls

And now I do not keep contacts in my email due to the fact of the concern of my account being hacked into and the hacker sending ALL my contacts a virus.

Yes, it is a big PAIN to recreate email addresses, but the only contact I have is the email address for my OTHER email

This is what "clued" me into the fact that my account had been hacked into - I received an email from one account to the other. And here I was thinking I had forgotten my password. They had even changed the account to which my account info was being sent to - my secret word and so on. NEVER had this happen, but learn't from the experience.

ALWAYS use a "very" long password to protect your account and mix it up with letters (capital,lowercase), symbols and numbers. Harder to remember but does help to keep you from being hacked.

Thanks for looking out for us.

:)Hey Phenix - good for you! Smart move to avoid clicking the link and keeping your contacts out of harm's way.

It really is a great idea to make your password a combination of letters, numbers, and symbols. You're right, it's a bit of a pain, but it's worth it.

It's also beneficial to change your password once in a while too.