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Holidays like Valentines Day often used in Malware themes

Even though Valentine's Day is past, AVERT Labs warns to be careful during any major holiday or news event in handling email, greeting cards, screensavers or website searches.

Valentine’s Day Searches Lead to Malware
http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2010/02/10/valentines-day-searches-lead-to-malware/

QUOTE: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…malware! ... It’s like clockwork, ain’t it? A popular holiday–such as Valentine’s Day–approaches and malware authors and cybercriminals ready for it. I have done some Valentine’s Day searches for poisoned terms and found some nasty ones very quickly. Screensavers and ecards are always popular ...