As Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, there is a group that takes advantage of this upcoming celebration to spread spam. According to reports, messages containing subject lines such as”I love being in love with you” and “I belong to you” started to invade various mailboxes last January 22. The spam email lured victims through its interesting subject lines. The spam email contains a link to a certain site displaying 12 hearts. When the victim clicks one of these hearts, a malware instantly infects the computer turning it into a an “electronic zombie.” Another interesting fact is that the group who is responsible for this malware is the same group responsible for the Obama spam that spread a few weeks ago.
Effect of this spam attack
Upon clicking one of the hearts, a malware is released and your computer’s processing capabilities will be significantly affected. When this happens, your computer will be accessible to hackers, so viruses, worms and other types of malicious software could disrupt your computer system. Computer hackers and those who want to perform malicious tasks online can then use your computer for their cyber crime so that they cannot be easily detected by the authority. They can also access your private information without you suspecting it.
How to avoid spam attack
The best thing that you can do is to prevent yourself from being victimized by spammers. To do this, you have to be very careful when opening emails from unknown sources. It is also helpful that you enable the anti-spam feature of your program. Another option is to buy a software that would protect your computer from malware and spyware.