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Saturday, October 26, 2002
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/articles/greetings.html Friendly Greetings? You might be spreading unwanted email - Sophos advises on new email nuisance Sophos technical support has received a significant number of calls from customers concerned about a widespread email which invites users to pick up an "E-Card" from a website called FriendGreetings.com. If users follow the link in the email, they are invited to install an ActiveX control onto their computer. Two lengthy end-user license agreements (EULA) are displayed, the second of which states that by installing the application the user is giving permission to send a similar greeting card to all addresses found in the user's Outlook address book....
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