VBS_LISA.A<\/a>. It comes as an e-mail with a subject<\/p>\nSubject: <\/b>Click YES and vote against war!<\/p>\n
This bad boy will delete .DOC files and various critical system files, as well as creating a huge number of bogus folders and text files. And, of course, it will send itself to everyone in your address book.<\/p>\n
If you have up-to-date virus protection you should be okay. If you don’t — well, why don’t you?<\/p>\n
(via Dave S.)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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