> > It's being called the worst computer worm of the year -- a
> > fast-spreading Internet threat that looks like an official e-mail from
> > the CIA or FBI but can leave your computer wide open to intruders.
> >
> > The bogus e-mail claims the government has discovered you visiting
> > "illegal" Web sites and asks you to open an attachment to answer some
> > official questions. If you do, your computer gets infected with
> > malware that can disable security and firewall programs and blast out
> > similar e-mails to contacts in your address book.

Since I use Gmail, I feel safer than people browsing their mail on a
dedicated mail program (Thunderbird, Outlook, etc.).

Does anyone have a feel for the veracity of that?

Mike H.

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