minisaremighty
Well-Known Member
I occasionally recieve ecards from a friend via bluemountain.com, so when I received an email notification from bluemountain.com this morning, I didn't think twice about it. However, the link looked off to me, and when clicked, it tried to open and exe file :new_shocked: I opted out of that and checked the Properties of the email addy and discovered it did NOT originate from bluemountain.com
This is a warning to those of you who've maybe never recieved a legit email from them and might be tempted to click OK to open the exe file. That is NOT how they send email. The link always goes to a created webpage. I will be checking the properties of the email from now on when it comes to bluemountain or any other place that gives me a link to click.
What was so annoying about this is most people wouldn't think twice about it since it's just to pick up a greeting card. It's not asking for info of any kind, however, opening that exe file could cause some serious damage to your computer. Believe me, I know, as my kids opened one once and the computer has never been the same
This is a warning to those of you who've maybe never recieved a legit email from them and might be tempted to click OK to open the exe file. That is NOT how they send email. The link always goes to a created webpage. I will be checking the properties of the email from now on when it comes to bluemountain or any other place that gives me a link to click.
What was so annoying about this is most people wouldn't think twice about it since it's just to pick up a greeting card. It's not asking for info of any kind, however, opening that exe file could cause some serious damage to your computer. Believe me, I know, as my kids opened one once and the computer has never been the same