[Rhodes22-list] UPS message virus

Robert Skinner Robert at SquirrelHaven.com
Sat Aug 23 11:00:59 EDT 2008


A new virus is circulating: "UPS Delivery Failure".

You may receive an email supposedly from UPS
Packet Service along with a packet number.

The word packet may be  mis-spelled on the subject
line. The message will say that they were unable to
deliver a package sent to you on such and such a date.

It then asks you to print out the invoice copy attached.
The attachment is an executable, and launches a virus.

In general, launching an attachment without knowing
its contents is a bad idea.  This one is really bad news.

Verification: http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/ups.asp

My thanks to Ann Kahl for passing this warning along.

/Robert

 


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