Warning scam email!! Not argos

hartcjhart

Subject deleted,

OVER EAGER AVG ANTI VIRUS

apologies for any inconvenience caused

cybergibbons

I got this, there is nothing malicious in there and the domain is operated by Argos. It's also not possible to prompt an attack by pressing reply.

molerat

I would remove your e-mail address from the copy

Apples2

What did it do when it "got in"?

I just clicked all of them and see nothing untoward.

maninthestreet

How can an email 'attack' your computer, even if you read and then reply to it???

Freddie_Snowbits

Has that Millenium Virus embedded in Elf Bowling destroyed the world yet?

cyberbob

That email is real. It wasn't that which caused problems with your brothers computer. The website is Argos official one just google it.

Sooler

maninthestreet wrote: »

How can an email 'attack' your computer

... only one way to find out ... figghhhhtttt!!!!!

Sooler

molerat wrote: »

I would remove your e-mail address from the copy

it's the brothers aol email address that is in the email

molerat

Sooler wrote: »

it's the brothers aol email address that is in the email

So remove the brother's e-mail address from the copy, it is sitting there for every spambot / crawler to find.