More eMail Dangers

This post was written by admin on November 7, 2008
Posted Under: Email Dangers,Free PC Security

There are many emails in circulation which contain a variety of Trojans contained in the .zip file attachment.

These are all to be regarded as highly dangerous as they can wreak havoc on infected machines, browser redirects, homepage reset, new files added to the Windows/system32/drivers folder which turn computers into 'bots' or constantly bombard users with popups and redirect the browser to download antivirus2009.

Many of you will have come across these, please do NOT download the zip files, simply DELETE them, it's much safer.

UPS Invoice.zip email format

eCard.zip email format

This is a new one, The Keys.zip

Files added to Windows-system32-drivers

brastk added to Windows-system32

Internet Access Suspension Notice sent from 'Monitoring Team', again the zip file contains Trojans and Worms, so do NOT click and download it:

Internet Access Suspension zip

Typical Phishing email:

Typical phishing email

Phishing Site from email

Looks real doesn't it? Look carefully at ALL the information they request. Whoever you bank with would NEVER request that you enter this information to verify their account.

Simply DELETE any such email.

If you have been infected I suggest that you use the programs listed below, download them, install, update and use ALL for maximum benefit.

These are all free programs, no adware or spyware.
Superantispyware
Malwarebytes AntiMalware
A-squared Free