In an email to WebProNews, a Kaspersky Lab spokesperson wrote, "Kaspersky Lab has detected a large-scale, global mass mailing of Valentine’s Day spam.  The spam was first identified by Kaspersky Lab on the morning of February 12, and as of the morning of February 13, the number of spam messages of this type have still not decreased.  The message currently accounts for about 5% of all mail traffic checked by Kaspersky Hosted Security Services."

The problem is pretty big, in other words, and going into the 14th, is only likely to become worse.

We don’t have any special malware-beating tips to share; just try to be a little more careful than usual.  That special someone isn’t going to love it if you turn your computer into a big doorstop.

Yet we’ll add one last word of caution leaning in the other direction.  Avoiding viruses is good, but if you accidentally ignore a Valentine’s Day message from your wife, smart money says February will seem even longer and colder than usual.