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New Email Scam and Virus

posted Mar 8, 2010 3:38 AM by Saul Corwine
ComputerWorks has recently identified a new email threat circulating over the Internet.  As a whole email viruses have been surprisingly quiet, with most infections coming via compromised or hacked websites.  This virus appears to be from USP, stating that a package was unable to be delivered.  The email requests that you print out an attached document and bring that document to your local UPS.  Needless to say the attached file is NOT a UPS document and by opening the attached file the virus attempts to launch.  The email masks its true origin, looking to have truly come from ups.com but if you pay close attention to the text of the message you will notice grammatical errors that are a hallmark of scam or phishing emails.

There is little risk to a computer with up to date security software in place and many email providers offer virus filtering before email ever gets to your system so we do not expect this email to cause many wide-spread issues.  It does show that email viruses are alive and well so it is no time to let down our guard.