Viruses on Roll on Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is here, and so are a lot of Valentine's Day computer viruses -- especially in China.

The Chinese agency Xinhua has quoted the Tianjin-based China National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center as warning Chinese users of Valentine's Day viruses that may spread through emails and on-line chat services.

The China National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center has especially warned against a Valentine's Day virus named "Vbs.Valentin.A", which comes as an attachment under the guise of Valentine's blessings for Feb 14.

There are other viruses too:
"Worm-blebla.B" and "VBS-ILoveyou";

against which users have been warned. As precaution, users have been advised to exercise care with respect to unidentified emails -- particularly those having Spanish characters. Besides, Internet shoppers have been alerted against clicking on fake discount messages from online stores -- which might be used to spread more such viruses.

So as to have a virus-free V-Day, computer users have been asked to update their anti-virus softwares and use real-time computer virus monitoring functions while surfing the Internet.