OMG this is damn hilarious. 
Sep 14, 2007
China warns of virus-tainted mooncake
e-cards
BEIJING - CHINA has warned Internet users to be wary of downloading
virus-infected mooncake greeting cards ahead of the traditional
Mid-Autumn Festival after a wave of Internet worms hit hard-drives
last year.
Mooncakes, sweet pastries with a bean base, are traditionally eaten
and given as gifts during the festival, also known as the Moon
Festival, a celebration of plenty and togetherness which falls on
Sept 25 this year.
But local websites offering electronic versions have become popular
in recent years.
'Always scan files over the Internet before you download them,'
Friday's China Daily quoted an official with southern Guangdong
province's Internet supervision bureau as saying.
China's sprawling and unruly Internet experiences regular outbreaks
of viruses and worms, often spread through hugely popular online
chat tools.
'I was very attracted by the e-card on QQ (a Chinese online chat
application), but after I opened it many harmful pages popped up on
my computer,' the paper quoted PricewaterhouseCoopers employee Pan
Yanyan as saying, adding that her hard drive required a complete
reformat.
Electronic mooncakes, however, may be safer than the real thing in
Guangdong, where only 85 per cent of 80 batches of mooncake filling
tested met quality standards, according to a report posted on the
website of the provincial food safety bureau.
Despite finding excessive traces of intestinal bacteria,
preservatives and high acidity levels, the authority said consumers
could 'rest assured' - 98.1 per cent of the finished product on
supermarket shelves met standards.
China has been assailed on all sides over export health safety in
recent months involving exports ranging from toothpaste, tyres and
toys to seafood and drugs. -- REUTERS
