I totally agree this means you are becoming increasingly aware of what to watch out for!! YAY!! those are the kinds of things I love to see. I love the JL cards they are all so great, I have never seen or heard of one being used maliciously but of course any thing can be changed in the hands of evil doers. Scanning them as soon as you save it to the pc by right clicking is always the best way to go, if you can not right click and scan in your email you always have the option to save to disc rather than just open, do that, once saved immediately right click and choose to scan with your AV and or malware programs, then if clean open it if not send it to the recycle bin unopened then empty the recycle bin.

To set the record straight on e-cards and viruses - established companies like Blue Mountain do not send emails out that have viruses in them. I don't know about other companies, but there are quite a few out there. Blue Mountain did have a problem but it was over five years ago. Most viruses are sent through "phishing" - that is, the email SAYS it is from Blue Mountain or your bank, or Amazon, or some other trusted entity, when actually it is NOT sent from there. How to tell if you're being "phished"? Well, at the very bottom of a standard browser there is a title bar. When you put your mouse cursor over a link, the address that the link is going to appears in that bar. If it doesn't say amazon.com or bankofamerica.com or what-have you, it is not coming from that site. To try to fool you it may say amazon.something.com. That's not amazon.com. But something.amazon.com IS amazon.com. There HAVE been instances of phishers who have been able to show a fake address in that browser bar. But they were able to do this only on Internet Explorer browser as far as I know, and IE may have solved this issue, so make sure, if you MUST use IE, or any other Microsoft product, to keep it upgraded and up to date. And practice safe web surfing - when you search for something, don't go to just any site that pops up in the search results. Look at the description and check the address in that address bar before you click.

Yes it makes perfect sense and I've used some cgi/perl scripts (free downloadable ones) that have worked great. Unfortunately I can't recall where or which one I've used but if you look up Matt's script archive or bignosebird.com you will mroe than likely find one to use. They are easy to setup. You'll need to design your own cards obviously but if you have trouble getting it going let us know.

It sounds like you wanted an actual program for your pc to replace your print shop program and not just a website to pick out pre made ecards. If so this one was suggested at techsupportalert forums as a good free program. I have never used it and only know what I read there. You can check it out here. Create personalized photo cards