'Don't rush to open Valentine' s love letter

Security experts recommend that people who are ecstatic about love do not rush to open a passionate message. Titles such as "We are forever" or "Although dead still love you" can contain malicious code like viruses, Trojans .

After the great internal virus epidemic, some people may take advantage of the holidays later this year to spread dangerous code is very high. Often a girl receives a letter titled "confession" from a very popular name like LeHung on Valentine's Day that will be curious and shyly look out without checking. " No one wrote a letter asking 'Did you send me a letter?', Especially in difficult days like this, " said Nguyen Ha Thanh, an office worker at an auditing company in Hanoi. show. " If it's an unfamiliar name, I'm even more curious ."

In Vietnam, the amount of virus spreading during Valentine every year is not much. " Most of this malicious code comes from abroad, " said Nguyen Ngoc Son, head of the Virus Department of Hanoi University of Technology's Security Center. " But Internet users this year need to be careful, not open mail with attachments or links ."

Currently, there are many people looking to send online cards to show affection but the safety of these websites has not been officially checked. Sometimes, boys who are afraid of the cards they send are not "poisonous goods", so they look for sources that are very strange and may encounter websites containing dangerous codes.

" My boyfriend often sends e-cards on holidays but does not record real e-mail addresses to surprise me," Lan Anh, a Foreign Trade University student, said. " But after getting infected with the virus a few times, I am no longer excited about such letters. He will have to find another way to express it ."

Worldwide, security experts are also warning about a "unsafe" Valentine's Day for the online world. " The romantic messages you receive by e-mail may contain malicious code ," said security vendor PandaLabs, after they discovered Nurech.A worm is growing rapidly in messages. " hot". Security firm Symantec also noticed a large amount of spam containing Trojans with new versions like Peacomm or Storm Trojan. Previously, LoveLetter, love virus caused one of the biggest disasters in computer history.