"They'll take the
spotlight along with some of the funniest people in New York for a memorable
night of hilarious comedy.
The magazine celebrates ordinary people doing extraordinary things, and
delivers a compelling mix of humor, personal service and other human-interest
stories. Nevertheless, it is still a tactic that can be easily
confronted with a good, up-to-date antivirus and by treating all emails with
caution , regardless of who appears to have sent them," says Luis Corrons,
director of PandaLabs. One of them, Loveletter. The messages also contain HTML code that initiates the infection
process, either when the message is opened or when it appears in the preview
pane.com
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AK worm used the phrases Happy Valentine's day or Valentine's
day as subjects to the emails that it spreads in.EXE .

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Likewise, Matcher uses an email with the text: Want to find your love mates!!!
Try this its cool . For this reason it is
highly advisable to scan all mail received before opening.pandasoftware . (818) 543-6909

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"
Hosted by The Late Show with David Letterman's Eddie Brill, the evening's
lineup features comedians Caroline Rhea, Bill Burr, a special appearance by
Charles Grodin and the amateur finalists in the Reader's Digest 'Tell-A-Joke'
Contest, selected from readers nationwide. Reader's Digest has awarded $25 million dollars to humor
contributors.

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The Reader's Digest Annual Event Benefits St. Jude Children's Research
Hospital

PLEASANTVILLE, N.
"Laughter, The Best Medicine" has appeared in Reader's Digest magazine
since 1947. Special Dates Are Often Used by Virus Authors to Distribute Their Creations
Among Users

GLENDALE, Calif. Obviously this was untrue, but the hoax managed to fool into
resending it to many others. In any event, it is
not being over cautious to scan all files downloaded from the
Internet.

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to disguise an infected message as an innocent
email greeting.

-- Scan e-mails received before opening.

-- Install software updates and patches released by developers to resolve
security holes and vulnerabilities in their applications .

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Visit specialized
portals and read IT security e-bulletins and other newsletters such as
Oxygen3 24h-365d and Virus Alerts, provided free of charge by Panda
Software in Spanish and English, and which you can subscribe to free
at http://www.

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Caroline Rhea Among Comedians to Perform in 'Stand up for the Children'

Along these lines, the 'I
love you' virus , one of the most damaging ever, spread in record time inside
what appeared to be a love letter. Perhaps this is
because it is one of the simplest techniques of social engineering, using
terms related to love, etc.

-- Reject unsolicited files in chats or newsgroups, as they could easily
contain malicious code.pandasoftware.com/about/subscriptions/

More information about these and other IT threats is available from:
http://www.com/virus_info/encyclopedia/

About PandaLabs
On receiving a possibly infected file, Panda Software's technical staff
get right to work. The file is analyzed and depending on the type, the action
taken may include: disassembly , macro scanning, code analysis etc.

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, The coming February 14,
Valentine's Day, virus authors will no doubt once again launch malicious code
deviously disguised as cartes d'amour and the like. Even the
recent Mydoom..
In order to protect yourself from these types of malicious code that use
social engineering, follow the advice below:

-- Use a good antivirus with daily updates to ensure detection and
elimination of the latest viruses.
For more information: http://www.

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, Four top comedians, three
celebrity judges, and a star-studded list of patrons and contributors will
gather on March 21 at Gotham Comedy Club's new flagship location in New York
City to raise money for St.
Valentine's Day continues to be one of the subjects most often used by the
creators of malicious code to wreak havoc in users' computers. The message subject
was "C'e una cartolina per te!" and the text contained the phrase in Italian
"Ciao, un tuo amico ti ha spedito una cartolina virtuale.."
More dangerous still are the San worms, which can change the names of
system directories, adding happysanvalentin to the end of them.

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Jude Children's Research Hospital. They also
delete files in the hard disk root directory and send messages to mobile
phones , wishing the recipient a happy Valentine's Day and asking them to visit
a website.

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"We're flying in five gutsy readers ready to jump on stage to tell a
joke," said Jackie Leo, editor in chief of the magazine.
Reader's Digest reaches about 100 million readers worldwide each month.VBS.

If users visit the page, the LOVEDAY14-B.pandasoftware.

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Reader's Digest is published in 19 languages and 48 editions
worldwide. There are many viruses that
arrive in e-mails that have been sent by, or appear to have been sent
by, people who the users know and trust, thus avoiding the slightest
suspicion of the true nature of the message.com/virus_info/

For more information:
Alan Wallace
pr@pandasecurity.

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The September issue of Reader 's Digest asked contestants to phone in with
their best jokes. Software that includes preventive
detection technologies is advisable. If the
file does in fact contain a new virus, the disinfection and detection routines
are prepared and quickly distributed to users.

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Verona is another worm that spreads via email, sending itself to email
addresses in the system with two attachments called MYJULIET.

-- Close ports with a personal firewall leaving only those strictly
necessary open.

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Over 20 million people have submitted jokes, quotes and funny
stories.

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The email subject is chosen at random from a list including "I Love
you;)" or "Romeo + Juliet.
Moreover, it is not just viruses that use Valentines Day to spread.

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Five finalists will perform onstage during the star-studded
event and the winner will be featured in an upcoming issue of the magazine.
Judging the competition will be writer/director Marshall Brickman, Good
Morning America's Joel Siegel and comedy producer Marion Grodin.
Along with the infamous LoveLetter, there were also many variants that
tried to deceive users in this way.CD or Cartolina,
arrived in an email with the attachment CARTOLINA. The new TruPrevent Technologies
are one example , as they can detect and block unknown viruses and
intruders with no need for updates to their signature file.

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CHM and
MYROMEO.

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The second
annual event, co-chaired by Marlo Thomas and Bob Balaban , was created by
Reader's Digest magazine, whose popular column, "Laughter, the Best Medicine,"
inspired the idea.

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HTA file is downloaded
and creates a file with the virus code in the C:WINDOWSSYSTEM directory .

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Y.
"Valentine's Day has traditionally been a favorite of virus authors to try
to trick unsuspecting users and infect their computers.
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Valentine's Day: Flowers Presents and ... Computer Viruses Warns Panda Software

S is another famous worm that has spread using this particular
brand of trickery, using phrases like my dear, my dearest, and my darling. In
the year 2000 for example , a hoax called Be my Valentine was doing the rounds.
The text warned of a dangerous virus that could delete Windows and other
applications.

-- Don't download from Internet sites unless you are sure they are
secure, as they could be infected with viruses.

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