"Be My Valentine" Virus Warning!

[SusanL]

I rarely get on-line at this time but I wanted to warn everyone that this morning when opening my mail I got a "Be My Valentine" e-mail and it was a virus. I have spent almost an hour with the Norton Antivirus Program tonight. When the email automatically opened, a downside of MSN IE, I saw the red bomb counting down from 8 to 6, I immediately deleted, then deleted everything in my trash. I was very upset. Anyway, please don't download anything that says Be My Valentine!! Grrrrrr!I have to go back now and try to determine how much damage was done... not a good Valentine's Day for us but the good news is that at least after an hour I got on-line, hopefully we caught it in time.If only the people who spend time with the viruses would devote themselves to helping others instead! Pardon my soapbox.

[eloise forever]

SusanL, I am so sorry that you had to go through that! Did you get the virus just from opening your email? Or did you have to open an attachement sent WITH the email? I have always wondered this when people warn about email viruses. My husband claims that you would have to open an attachment to get a virus, but I wanted to make sure. Thanks.

[sneezles]

Thanks for the alert!

[SusanL]

Eloise- I didn't open an attachment, I opened my email. Wanted to alert everyone, hopefully no one else gets it!