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I don't really know what they do and aren't really wanting to find out, but some nefarious little twerps, living in their parents' basement have started unleashing this really good looking virus attachments, which look like they're an email from Microsoft. They're really convincing, except for the fact that Microsoft will never email you anything!       This, combined with the "You must delete this file to save your computer." hoax are really scary.       Long gone are the days when attacks on computers were conducted by some pale-faced guy who was just sitting there trying to get into the machine. Virus authors have become sociologists. They're able to create these things that prey on fears, assumptions, greed, etc.       Probably the first instance of this was the "I Love You" virus, which as seen by the spread of it, showed how much people were in need of someone to love them, or were at least curious to see who the special someone was.       What is probably the most amazing to me is the fact that a of these viruses and worms are written outside the country, so there is a language barrier they have to deal with, since admittedly, the majority of computer transactions still take place in English. But, even with this barrier, we're not seeing and goofs in grammar or odd ways to say popular phrases.       It's amazing the lengths someone will go to, to appease themselves when they're angry or bored.