Warning: New Malware Threat- "UPS Paket"

[wahnula]

Hello,

I received a forwarded email (already deleted) with the subject "UPS Paket (sic).

The text claims there is a "UPS Packet" that cannot be delivered because the address is wrong, and asks you to make corrections to the invoice. It leads you to a .zip file which contains an executable. The damage from this .exe is not known at this time, as the first recorded report of this malware was yesterday, July 14th.

I had a copy sent to me by my boss, who thought I might have a package due. My reply was "are you nuts???" and my next action was to post about it here. I'm running a full virus scan now but with the newness of the file I'm not expecting much. Keep your eyes open for this sucker!

Tony

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[2ffat]

Snopes concurs!


James P. Cottingham
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[wahnula]

Yes, but just yesterday! That's why I'm trying to get the word out while the good guys (A/V vendors) catch up. I have an A/V on my gateway (McAfee) and another on the PC (Symantec) and neither of them caught it. Yes, I clicked on the .exe...for about 1-1/2 seconds, then shut down my machine, updated A/V and ran a scan which came up clean.

Tony

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