ArchiVision Directory

I LOVE YOU - 'heart-breaker' LoveLetter began appearing as a Valentine's-style message in e-mail inboxes all over the world in May 2000. The subject line was ILOVEYOU and the message read 'kindly check the attached LOVELETTER coming from me.' Attached to the e-mail was a program which, when the recipient opened it, immediately forwarded the message on to everyone in their address book, gradually clogging the world's networks. LoveLetter was one of the largest 'mass mailers', and also used social engineering, the tactic of exploiting human nature, to devastating effect, in this case by pulling on the recipient's heartstrings. The estimated losses were about $ 8.7 billion and roughly ten percent of all the computers that were connected to the internet were affected. Sql Slammer - 'fastest ever' Sql slammer took advantage of a vulnerability in SQL Server, a piece of Microsoft software that many PC's use to access information stored on websit...

There's nothing wrong with sending and receiving mails, but do know that most viruses are spreadthrough emails. This can be constrained If you wish to send a email, start with: all addresses that are still answerable (select and delete). Many users are sending mails to all there contacts, without any modification or removal of dozens of addresses that occur in those mails. Don't use the 'ADD'', but the 'BCC' to address your mails, so other people can't see to what other people the mail has been send to. Then your correspondent receives the mail as 'undisclosed recipient' and you maintain the privacy of those where they still are sending and your recipients and senders. Another advantage is that your mail is not further aggravate. All addresses, that remains in mails, are preying for viruses and junk-mail! We know it, if we receive a lot of mail ... sometimes literally begging mails that or even demand to be redirected. Example...