Email From UPS Do Not Open!

[hobuk]

Hi All

A heads up, if you get an email from UPS about a failed delivery asking you to open your invoice that is attached..don't! a friend of mine did the silly thing this morning at his work and it destroyed his pc in seconds.

[kathynewman]

Friend of mine did the same on her work machine yesterday!

[leehack]

Kaspersky users can relax, it gets picked up and you are warned.

[Mike Hughes]

AVG identified the virus as well and quarantines them before they can be opened.

I didn't need any warning though as I received 15 copies of the email at the same time and they went straight into the spam folder.

This happened last week and I did wonder about warning people but assumed there was no point as presumably everybody has some anti-virus software.

Are there still people not using any anti-virus?

Mike

[CymraegKev]

One Care picks it up too FWIW.

Kevin

[hobuk]

I hav'nt had the email myself, but one of our depot's got them in every mail box this-morning and a friend at another company opened it up...ooops. Have to say most people know what they are and just delete if it finds its way to the inbox, thought i'd post just in case.

[leehack]

thought i'd post just in case.
I agree and a good idea, puts people on alert so they are awake when opening up things.

[Mike Hughes]

Hi Lee,

Nothing wrong in posting it. It's good to warn people and does bring up the subject of making sure Pcs are protected against viruses.

I just checked my spam folder (now that my 1,500 overnight spam emails have been filtered) and there are 22 copies of this email there today. I think that AVG is ignoring them as they're in the spam folder, but have to admit I'm not brave enough to try and open one to see what happens.

Mike

[jont]

I'm not brave enough to try and open one to see what happens.

Where's Gabe when you need him?

[pinbrook]

i also have received this email I use Norton, i didn't open it as it looked suspicious to me - but my bookeeper did :rolleyes:

[jont]

The senders address is not even spoofed to ups ... they are basic hotmail etc accounts .... there is no excuses for opening attachments in this day and age with all the general media attention they receive.

[Steve G Griggs]

Hi Jonty.
Quite agree seeing as it's arrived with us as a HUNGARIAN e-mail address with poor English. Like all the phishing e-mails from "banks" with odd email addresses. How gullible some people are!

[kathynewman]

This mornings offering is that there is a parcel waiting at customs office having been sent from France on 9th July! No mention of UPS this time.

[TraceyHand]

I got one of those yesterday K
and have had several (dozens) of the UPS ones

I guess they're having to think up new and original ways to lure folk into opening their dodgy cr*p (and, clearly, it works!)

[george]

as presumably everybody has some anti-virus software.

Are there still people not using any anti-virus?



Yeah, there is Mike. A long term pal of mine had a problem with her laptop running slow last week and asked if I could help. The jist was, she downloads music via Limewire, and only gets the odd dodgy email (allegedly). She had no AV or spyware protection on her six month old laptop at all. A bit of time running Spybot and AVG threw up hundreds of trojans and a couple of viruses too. I wonder how many she passed on unknowlingly?

[jont]

and, clearly, it works!

Indeed - my boss almost fell for it yesterday! As we do a lot of business with Customs it adds to the believability.

[TraceyHand]

I wonder how many she passed on unknowlingly?

and to you?
I have to admit that the first thing I did to both my Mum's and sister's new laptops was remove Norton (spit spit) and install Spybot and AVG(free)

At the very least, they provide SOME protection. I'm surprised that any new laptops come without ANY form of antivirus at all. a lot seem to come with Norton installed nowadays

[Mike Hughes]

I guess my question was a bit tongue in cheek as I know there are people out there who are like that. I'm just very surprised that anyone using a computer for important stuff doesn't have it protected.

A couple of years ago my brother in law was complaining about his PC being slow. It turned out he was running what he called a 'dodgy' copy of XP so he wasn't allowing any updates in case microsoft took exception. No anti-virus, no firewall, you can imagine what a mess it was in.

Mike

a lot seem to come with Norton installed nowadays


That's half the problem I think. They get Norton free for 6 months, then asked to pay £50 a year at which point they think "sod this" and turn it off.

[george]

and to you?


Nah, I at least I hope not anyway! As I receive quite a lot of emails of the `forwarded on` kind I have to be very vigilant on such subjects. Have not had a problem with this for ages.

Still dont download emails to the `Actinic pc` though, just in case.

[george]

my boss almost fell for it yesterday!


Were you on his/her knee at the time laddie? :D

[jont]

Behave yourself - filthy beast.

[george]

What AV software do you use Jonty?

I'm a bit of a fan of AVG but finding it neads tweaks nowadays to make it work better.

[jont]

AVG on some and Kaspersky on others.. along with a plethora of spyware finding stuff.. Kaspersky has the edge IMO.

First line of defense is alway best though - not using main emails in plain links, server filters, spam filters etc... keep the blighters out and those that do get through let the AV mop 'em up.

[pinbrook]

How often do you guys check for updates in your chosen AV software.

I did a manual check yesterday and noted my last update was 18/7 - this pesky ups virus had been delivered to me.

after my update the virus was detected and quantantined. i'm now wondering if i should be checking for updates daily. (up til now it was weekly)

[TraceyHand]

mine updates every morning, just FTR

[jont]

Kaspersky is an hourly update - AVG is checked daily (automatically and I also do 3 or 4 manual checks throughout the day)

[george]

Has to be daily (in my opinion). As Jonty suggests they're very quick at releasing solutions to potential risks nowadays so no harm in setting a scheduled update or two every day.