Heartbleed is a computer security issue that got world wide notice in early April. It affects websites and computer systems that use the OpenSSL encryption. It is not a virus or trojan horse or scam. OpenSSL had a type of encryption vulnerability that was discovered by security engineers at Google and Codenomicon. The world became aware of the problem on April 7th when a fixed version of OpenSSL was released. It is possible that some criminals or hackers may also have been aware of the OpenSSL vuneraliblity and exploited it by stealing identities, passwords, financial information or other data. However,…