I got an e-mail from my ex-wife Lisa yesterday. It simply said "For David" and was a link to a web site. I don't hear that much from my ex-wife these days, so I clicked on it to see what Lisa had sent. I instantly recognized (I'm smart that way) that the site was all in Polish. This is pretty strange, I thought, but clicked on the tab to enter the site anyway. In the center of the screen was an image of Barbie as a Polish Mermaid (with a tail that lights up, I might add). Although I clicked on the image, nothing happened, so I backed out of the site, and only then noticed that in parenthesis, next to my ex-wife's name, was a different e-mail address. She had not sent the link. Oh Oh! A trick! How do people do this? I later learned that the image was a video, and I was supposed to hit the play button to view it. Thank goodness I am often so inept with computers. Would I have gotten a virus if I had viewed the video? I don't know, but today I updated my virus software to make sure I am protected in the future from the Barbie, Ken, GI Joe and dreaded Betsy Wetsy viruses. Stay Vigilant Blog Readers!
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