Comments on: Site educates on holiday-themed online threats

Antivirus vendor AVG creates a site devoted to educating users on the risks of opening holiday-themed e-mail.

[redrobes]

Yeah, it's a shame that this continues to be a problem, especially around the holidays. I'm seeing a lot of similar news items about online shopping -- 'tis the season for phishers to do their thing with unsuspecting folks searching for gifts.

One bit of advice I'd give fellow consumers is to really examine the sites they're buying from (or sites they click through to) -- all vendors should have some kind of protection, and the most trusted have gone through a detailed review to receive extended validation ssl certs (I've seen too many scams in my day, so I only buy from EV SSL-protected sites now). I strongly urge merchants to update their security before the holidays are up -- and consumers, look for that green url bar.

[derekde]

We actually design <a href="http://www.progressivemediagroup.ca/corporate-holiday-ecards.php">corporate holiday e-cards</a> and we found in 2006 and 2007 malware infected e-cards was more of an issue, than last year. Although, last year, we still had a few who were 'concerned'. It is a shame how this medium is still being exploited. But, it's great to see so many online safety organizations helping to educate people.

[derekde]

Opps! sorry about the html in the comment :(