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Don't Open
"Blue Mountain" Online Greeting Cards Because They May be
Infected with a Virus-Fiction!
Summary of the eRumor There are several
different versions of this eRumor, but they all tell a story of
someone getting a computer virus from a Blue Mountain brand online
greeting card.
The Truth
There is no evidence this has
happened and anti-virus experts such as Norton say it's a
hoax. Blue Mountain (http://free.bluemountain.com) say there
is no way to get a computer virus from one of their greeting cards
because the card is simply an Internet web page. It is not an
attachment that arrives with an email.
The virus that the eRumor references, W32/BadTrans@MM,
is a real virus, but has not been linked with Blue Mountain cards.
A real example of the eRumor as it has
appeared on the Internet:
Yesterday, Phyllis Conti contracted the "W32/BadTrans@MM
Virus, or a
variation of it when she opened a supposed "Blue Mountain
Card" message,
supposed to be from her son. She also received the same message at
work
with an apparent different sender.
To protect yourselves I recommend that you DO NOT OPEN ANY BLUE
MOUNTAIN
Card or attachment, as it may be infected. If it identifies one of
your
friends or relatives as a sender, Call them to determine if they
sent you a
greeting this week.
I will attempt to get Blue Mountain to check out the problem.
Be extremely careful as the BadTrans Virus is a nasty one and an
steal
information from your computer.
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