New Virus Alert!
A worrying new wave of virus spam washed upon my shores today.These emails, clearly designed to make a worrying recipient open the attachment, are composed more cleverly than the usual “Hi”, “Hello”, “Re”, “Thank you” type.
Here’s a few samples:
Subject: *WARNING* Your Email Account Will Be Closed
Please read the attached document and follow it's instructions.
Subject: *DETECTED* Online User Violation
We regret to inform you that your account has been suspended due to the violation of our site policy, more info is attached.
Subject: Security measures
We attached some important information regarding your account.
Subject: Account Alert
(Illegible content)
Subject: Notice: **Last Warning**
The original message has been included as an attachment.
The attachments were email-doc.zip, instructions.zip or INFO.zip.
Beware: NEVER open attachments from senders you don’t recognise, no matter how “worrying” the email might be.
posted by Gert @ 3:50 PM
2 comments
2 Comments:
I saw this one happening a lot last year. The "notices" always come from an email address like "support@yourdomain.com". I can see this working for somebody dumb enough to open an attachment when they weren't expecting it.
You're right, but "somebody dumb enough" could also be an absolute beginner: we're not all glued to our keyboards like you and me... These guys are getting pretty convincing.
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