Beware of IRS emails

Some malevolent beast out there is giving the IRS a bad name.... Ok, a worse name (although I think the IRS is cute as a button, quite frankly). CNN reports:

The Internal Revenue Service is warning businesses across the country of two new and potentially devastating e-mail scams which could silently take over their computer hard drives.

The e-mails contain official-looking IRS logos and information, falsely notifying the reader of IRS action against them or their company. A link for further information is actually a hot button that would secretly launch an insidious computer program. That program, known as a Trojan horse, could cause a variety of paralyzing problems as it directly accesses the hard drive.

I hasten to note... the virus almost certainly won't work on a Mac. But... be careful of IRS emails today people...