Gooday all,
On this forum I got the details of the crowd in US that have the maintenance DVD set for the C14. Well, I've ordered it but it's taking a while. I got an email today from UPS freight suggesting they couldn't deliver because address is wrong. Given that the only thing I'm expecting are these DVD's, I naturally assumed the DVD's are coming through UPS. The email has an attachment ZIP file inside which is an executable file. Bad news!. "Trojan". Beware if you are expecting freight, all is not as it seems. See link:
http://blog.mxlab.eu/tag/ups-trojan/
This is exactly the email I got - The virus detector picked it up in time (I think!).
Hurricane
Never EVER open an email with an attachment unless it is from someone you know and trust.
Even then you are at risk.
If UPS (or whoever) need to contact you they will either write or phone.
They never send emails unless you register for them on their tracking sites.
You need to have decent AV software as many of them don't block certain Trojans.
Remember that "free" AV software is just that, free,..... and usually not much cop.
I tested a friends laptop last month that had AVG Free installed.
I tested with Trend Micros online check and then with Kaspersky.
Both showed over 30 files that AVG had completely missed.
Turns out he was part of a BotNet and was blasting the world with spam all thanks to his teenage son who loves to download Torrents which are normally full of viruses.
There are a lot of these cons going around, the other one is the same idea but with a very expensive premium rate telephone number for you to phone to rearrange delivery, £4.50 a min or so..........
Richard
Yeah.. I have had loads of these recently. Apparently from 'UPS' and 'FEDEX'
They're probably filling up my recycle bin along with the rest of the shyte that arrives electronically. Amazing really...
Waste of :censored: bandwidth...
Quote from: Richard on April 02, 2013, 04:35:48 PM
There are a lot of these cons going around, the other one is the same idea but with a very expensive premium rate telephone number for you to phone to rearrange delivery, £4.50 a min or so..........
Richard
£4.50...thats actually less than BT charge you these day to reverse charges from a public phone box. :shocked:
Steve .. Try using your mo .... Oh sorry I forgot ... Mobile technology hasn't reached you yet up Norffff ...... Stick to phone boxes !
Quote from: Rusty on April 03, 2013, 09:10:28 AM
Steve .. Try using your mo .... Oh sorry I forgot ... Mobile technology hasn't reached you yet up Norffff ...... Stick to phone boxes !
:mfr_lol: :mfr_lol: two empty bean tins and some tightly stretched string works well for me Rusty
What are these mobile things of which you speak :popcorn:
Quote from: Richard on April 02, 2013, 04:35:48 PM
There are a lot of these cons going around, the other one is the same idea but with a very expensive premium rate telephone number for you to phone to rearrange delivery, £4.50 a min or so..........
Richard
Also, be careful of what you buy on eBay and check out the seller carefully.
A friend of mine has just spent £95 plus VAT, plus shipping on a delux penis enlarger.
:censored:'s sent him a magnifying glass. The only instructions were not to use in sunlight :mfr_lol:
Yep, I've heard that one before...still bloody funny though :mfr_lol: :mfr_lol: :mfr_lol: :mfr_lol:
Yeah yeah - a friend huh?
:whistling: :popcorn:
Quote from: Rusty on April 03, 2013, 09:10:28 AM
Steve .. Try using your mo .... Oh sorry I forgot ... Mobile technology hasn't reached you yet up Norffff ...... Stick to phone boxes !
Nigel, my little Cockney friend, you'll be laughing on the other side of your face on or about the 24th June when your'e in West Lewiston and you cant get a phone signal. :mfr_lol:
Back to the original topic of this thread (though the diversion has been amusing :smiley:). Yep, I got scammed. Thought it was legit, opened the attachment and got hit by a Trojan. Fortunately I don't let passwords of importance be saved to my computer, and never leave financial stuff on it!. But the trojan found my broadband email password, 'harvested' my email account and things got viral: In 2 days 'I' had sent emails to almost 2000!. Complained to my ISP, they said 'change your password, and wait 5 days, and all will be good'. It was, the 5-day period is the standard retransmission time for mail servers when they can't deliver a message. The spam finally dried up. Anway, as Boomer says 'Never open..... '.