We've told you before to be on the lookout for fake swine flu cures being hawked on the internet. Well, there's a new swine flu scam out there on the web.
The CDC has established no such thing. The phishing emails, which ask people to create a personal profile on the CDC website so they can get vaccinated, could cause your computer some serious trouble, the agency warns.
"Users that click on the email are at risk of having malicious code installed on their system," according to the CDC announcement.
Just another reminder to be careful entering personal information online and be on the lookout for strange-looking email from sites you haven't heard of. My motto: If I don't know the sender, I don't open the message. (With the exception being reader emails.)
P.S. If you're still on the hunt for an H1N1 vaccine and you're local, visit our Swine Flu site for information with links to local health department clinics.
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