Look before you click

Do not open e-mails when you can't tell who the sender is. The "friendly" postcard below warns alert readers of danger with its weird syntax, poor spelling and suspicious web address. PLEASE Do NOT click on any links in this message if they appear.

Hello friend!
You have just received a postcard from someone who cares about you! It has been a long time since I haven't heared about you! I've just found out about this service from Claire, a friend of mine who also told me that...." If you'd like to see the rest of the message, click here http://[link removed]ro/postcard.gif.exe to receive your animated postcard! Thank you for using http://[link removed].com's services !!! Please take this opportunity to let your friends hear about us by sending them a postcard from our collection!

Look into the above email, we can found that there are 2 suspiciouses: The sender is someone you don't know; and the second is the link (which in red) is ended by the ".exe" but not the poopular "/", ".htm", ".html" or ".php"... Even though the link is ended by the popular words, but you really don't trust the stranger mail! even though the link (such as the link in brown) is not the virus or trojan, but that website may be drive you to the virus/trojan after you enter. Besides, it also may be the phishing web or scam!

[The SANS™ Institute]