Ummm…sorry…?
Shit. Shit, shit, shit.
I picked up an address book virus yesterday. Which means, if you and I exchanged emails recently, you may have gotten an email from an account you don’t recognize (my root ISP account), subject “hi” contents a blind link.
If you click that link, you will spend a delightful day — as I just did — cleaning up the computer and writing apology emails.
The good news is, Malwarebytes cleans it right up. The bad news is, you probably won’t realize you’ve got it until after it drops a load on all your friends, neighbors and important business contacts.
I have never kept an address book since leaving a cubicle, but I hit a button somewhere recently that put every email I reply to automagically into mine. Hence, recent contacts only.
The worst part is, now my real name is out there.
That’s right, suckas — my name is stoat.e.weasel!
January 30, 2013 — 10:48 pm
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