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Users warned of Valentine's computer viruses

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-02-14 10:49

TIANJIN - Chinese technology experts on Monday warned computer users to be alert against Valentine themed computer viruses.

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China National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center issued a circular warning computer users not to open spam with Valentine messages in the title line as it may contain worms like "Worm_ Blebla.B", "VBS_ILoveyou" and "Vbs_Valentin.A".

The center warned Internet shoppers to be careful when ordering Valentine's Day items as some pop-ups may be bogus and cause computer problems.

It also alerted users that computer worms were being spread through Internet forums and online chatting tools such as QQ.