A website offers emails from the grave

The fear of dying suddenly, without the chance to mend wrongs or say goodbye, has prompted an Australian entrepreneur to start a website where people can contact loved ones from beyond the grave.

Peter Ingram, a security systems retailer, watched as within just two weeks of being diagnosed with a brain tumour an aunt lost her ability to speak, write, or even smile.

She was 100 per cent conscious and able to understand what was happening around her, but remained silent until her death, taking her secrets, thanks and regrets to the grave.

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E-cards may be full of worms, viruses

Think twice before opening an e-card carrying Christmas or New Year greetings. The government’s Indian Computer Emergency Response Team has warned that a dangerous malware is circulating via emails pretending to be Christmas or New Year greetings.

Malware (malicious software) is designed to infiltrate or damage a computer system without the owner’s informed consent. It includes computer viruses, worms, trojans and spyware — programming that gathers information without a computer user’s permission. These spam emails come with subject lines such as “Merry Xmas!” and “Merry Christmas card for you!” With the recession on everybody’s mind, more people might prefer e cards now to save on the cost of buying paper cards plus spending on postage.

These emails contain an url which takes the user to a website hosting malware “ecard.exe”. On going to this Web page, a file “ecard.exe” is downloaded on the visitor’s system, dubbed as “Waledac (Symantec)“.

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