Warning

[Guest guest]

This was sent to me by a friend - I thought it bad enough to warn everyone.

I also wanted to say thanks to everyone for their kind wishes regarding my

mother's illness. She is now home from hospital and much better.

Cheryl

http://cherylwright0.tripod.com

> D. BEWARE OF EULA AND TERMS & CONDITIONS. Those cute little electronic

> greeting cards you occasionally get from friends may be a real problem.

> There's a new card company called " FriendGreetings.com " . When you get a

> card notification from them and click on the link, it will take you to

> their site. You will be notified that you have to install an

> ActiveX control in order to view the card. When you begin to install, the

> first thing that pops up is what is known as a " EULA " (End User License

> Agreement). It is very long, and you are not likely to read it.

>

> They're counting on that. When you scroll to the bottom of it and click

> " Accept, " you have agreed to the terms of the EULA. Part of what you will

> have agreed to is to have monitoring/spyware software installed on your

> computer which will periodically report a vast array of data back to the

> card company. The other part that you've agreed to is to have the

> software send mail to every single address in your address book. In

> short, you've voluntarily agreed to install a virus-type product on your

> machine.

>

> For more details, see: www.snopes.com/computer/virus/friend.htm. Se the

> example at the bottom of the page.

>

> Since there is no virus in the email, and since you are voluntarily

> agreeing to install the activex component, virus checkers will not catch

> this.

>

> Do not run anything from the internet which requires a EULA agreement.

>

> The sad part is - by clicking on " I Agree " - you do - and it's legal! "

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the warning cheryl........I'll keep my eyes out for it.......... sondra