Valentines Day is coming within two days. Cybercrime
Unit would like to alert the Businesses and Citizens to a
Valentines Day Email Virus that is being sent out by Cybercrime
Criminals.

The method of spreading the virus is by way of a “Greeting Card sent
for Valentines Day” to the targeted user. The email message includes a
link to download the card. However, if the user clicks the link and
accepts the subsequent file download they will actually be letting the
“Virus Worm” into their computer.

These malicious files have Valentines Day related romantic names
such as “youanme.exe”, “onlyyou.exe”, and “meandyou.exe”. Once it has
infected the computer, the worm uses the affected users email to send
out spam. To do this, it collects all the email addresses stored on the
user’s computer, and sends them an email like the one above in order to
trick the other users into downloading the malware strain.

The Cybercrime Unit recommends the following:
1. Do not open any emails that you do not personally recognize the sender.
2. Even if you do recognize the user, be very leery of opening attachments around Valentines Day.
3. Always keep your virus software updated and make sure it runs a scan on a regular basis of your entire computer.
4. Keep your Spyware Software updated and make sure it runs a scan on a regular basis of your entire computer.
5. If you suspect you have become a victim of this scam, immediately
update your virus and Spyware software and run a complete scan.