Spam email attachments get you infected

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Are you ever curious to click on an attachment you get from an email? What if that email is from someone you do not know? Don't do it!

Take a look at this example (actual emails):

From: Payment notification system <[e-mail]>
Subject: Automatic transfer notification
Date: Feb 26, 2013 12:06 PM

WIRE transaction is completed. $4780 has been successfully transferred. If the transaction was made by mistake please contact our customer service. Payment receipt is attached.*** This is an automatically generated email, please do not reply ***

File results:

MESSAGE QUARANTINED

Virus Detected: CMU-201302-1361581465

Message Details:
From: "Payment notification system" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Automatic transfer notification
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:06:39 -0700

For your protection, EarthLink Virus Blocker has quarantined a message sent to you because it contains a virus.

Note: We do not recommend that you view a message that has a virus attached, even if you have up-to-date antivirus software. However, if you choose to view it anyway, you can: Sign in to Web Mail (https://webmail.earthlink.net), then click the Virus Blocker folder on the left.

Sincerely,

EarthLink Support