If you receive an email with the subject stating it is from UPS with a tracking number, and an attachemnt. Do not open the attachment.
I have personally received several of these virus email attachments. My NOD32 anti virus tags it as the Virus Win32/spy.agent.NHS trojan. Other Anti-Virus' may tag it with a different name.
The sneaky thing is that there is a known hoax circulating by email stating there is a UPS virus going around. The warning I am posting here, is not a hoax.
The body of the email says:
Unfortunately we were not able to deliver postal package you sent on July the 1st in time because the recipient’s address is not correct.
Please print out the invoice copy attached and collect the package at our office.
Your UPS
Posted By: Sally Marcum
Submitted By: Sally Marcum
Dear Zone Alarm Customer,
Installation of Microsoft Update KB951748 may result in loss of Internet connectivity.
Click here for more information on how to resolve this issue.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Thank you,
ZoneAlarm
August 11 & 12 - Fund raiser - dinner out at Bob Evans to 20% cash back to FCC. See details on FCC's home page
LET’S GO OUT FOR DINNER !!
Yeah !! Let’s all go out for dinner at Bob Evans and earn a kick-back of 20 % of your bill for FCC. This event will take place August 11 and 12 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. at our local Bob Evans, 230 Milan Ave. Norwalk.
All you need to do is to present a flyer when you pay your bill.
Flyers will be available at the July 21 and the August 4 meetings. Take several. Pass them out to your friends and family. This is such a great and easy way to earn money for our club and have a good time socializing with your FCC friends.
Mark your calendar. Call everyone you know and make a date for supper on one or both of these dates.
Thank you Bob Evans for sponsoring this Community Fun Night.
The first 15 minutes of every meeting is "About Basic Computing".
See the schedule of events page for the topic each month.
Remember to save your Schild's IGA sales receipts. The club will receive from Schild's IGA 1% of the total from each receipt donated. See Bonnie Goodman at the greeting table at a meeting. NOTE:Schild's IGA receipts that have a Golden Buckeye Card discount cannot be used by the club because of the discount already given on the purchase.
Posted By: Jeff Franklin
And Now... The Rest of the Stories
The WebSite Night Links
http://fcconline.hmcltd.net/wsn2008.asp
Posted By: Sally
Submitted By: Bonnie
Posted By: Sally Marcum
Originally posted on: 3/22/2007
There is another alert concerning an email that claims to be a Postcard from a family member. The email says "You've received a postcard from a family member."
Do not click on the link. Check out the details on Snopes.
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp
Posted By: Sally
Submitted By: Bonnie
Due to a serious flaw with prior versions of Flash Player, it is advisable to go to http://www.adobe.com and download the newest version of Flash Player.
Posted By: Sally Marcum
Submitted By: Jeff Franklin
This is real according Snopes.com. To see the snopes warning you must copy and past this address into your browser window. . [snopes does not allow hyperlinking to their site]
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/valentine.asp
If you receive an email with the subjects Delete the email immediately. Do not open attachments:
* A Dream is a Wish
* A Is For Attitude
* A Kiss So Gentle
* A Rose
* A Rose for My Love
* A Toast My Love
* Come Dance with Me
* Come Relax with Me
* Dream of You
* Eternal Love
* Eternity of Your Love
* Falling In Love with You
* For You....My Love
* Heavenly Love
* Hugging My Pillow
* I Love You Because
* I Love You Soo Much
* I Love You with All I Am
* I Would Dream
* If Loving You
* In Your Arms
* Inside My Heart
* Love Remains
* Memories of You|A Token of My Love
* Miracle of Love
* Our Love is Free
* Our Love Nest
* Our Love Will Last
* Pages from My Heart
* Path We Share
* Sending You All My Love
* Sending You My Love
* Sent with Love
* Special Romance
* Surrounded by Love
* The Dance of Love
* The Mood for Love
* The Time for Love
* When Love Comes Knocking
* When You Fall in Love
* Why I Love You
* Words in my Heart
* Wrapped in Your Arms
* You... In My Dreams
* Your Friend and Lover
* Your Love Has Opened
* You're my Dream
Posted By: Sally Marcum
Submitted By: Maggie Timmons
SpywareBlaster prevents infections from ActiveX based spyware, adware, browser hijackers, modem dialers, and other dangerous software.
Download the latest version of SpywareBlaster at http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html.
If you are using a previous version of any of these spyware programs, remember to uninstall the old version (using Add/Remove programs in the control panel) BEFORE installing the new version.
SpywareBlaster is free for personal and educational use.
Spybot Search & Destroy is a spyware removeal program free for home use. Download it free from Spybot Search and Destroy
AdAware is another free spyware removal program that is free for home users. It is available for download at Lavasoft
Posted By: Jeff Franklin
Originally posted on: 1/1/2006
Barbara Kimberly brought this to our attention. Hallmark has a web page on how to spot a genuine E-Card. http://tinyurl.com/2v527z
What you can do:
- Report suspicious e-mail to your e-mail service provider so they can take action. File a complaint at http://www.ic3.gov/
- Forward the suspicious e-mails to abuse@hallmark.com (Due to the large amount of e-mail we receive at that address we will not be able to reply to your e-mail, but we will investigate.)
Then you should delete the e-mail.
Read more about it on the Hallmark website above...
Posted By: Sally Marcum
Submitted By: Barbara Kimberly
Zonelabs is a popular free firewall program for for Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
To install the new version of the FREE firewall follow these steps...
Download the new version
1. Start up your Internet Browser of choice
2. Click to download the new version.
3. Save the file in a convenient place that you will remember, such as the desktop.
If you have the prior version, remove it from memory
1. Right Click on the ZA icon next to the clock
2. Left Click Shutdown ZoneAlarm
Install the new version
1. Double click the file you downloaded earlier
2. Follow the onscreen directions
3. During the installation, ZoneAlarm will ask if you wish to do an upgrade or a clean install.
- FOR THOSE WHO ALREADY HAVE A PRIOR VERSION INSTALLED, do an upgrade. This will retain all of your current settings.
- FIRST TIME, NEW USERS should pick the clean install.
Posted By: Jeff Franklin
Originally posted on: 8/31/2006
If you do not automatically download and install Microsoft Critical Updates for Windows XP, you can visit the MS Update site and install manually.
1. To check for updates to protect your Windows computer
After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
To Update Windows XP:
1. Click Start
2. Highlight All Programs
3. Click Windows Update or click Microsoft Update
4. Click Express Install
5. Click the Install... button
6. Restart the computer when instructed
Posted By: Jeff Franklin
Originally posted on: 1/9/2007
Microsoft has released the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 for Windows XP and Windows 2000.
The .NET Framework version 2.0 improves scalability and performance with improved caching, application deployment and updating with ClickOnce, and support for the broadest array of browsers and devices with ASP.NET 2.0 controls and services. After you install this update, you may have to restart your computer.
This update is not in your automatic updates. It is a good one that will improve over all computer performance.
This is an optional update. However, software you may use in the future may require it.
To Install Microsoft .NET Framework for Windows XP:
1. Click Start
2. Highlight All Programs
3. Click Windows Update or click Microsoft Update
4. Click Custom
5. On the left, click "Software, Optional"
6. Click the box infront of "Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0: x86 (KB829019)"
7. Click the Review and install updates button
8. Click the Install Updates button
9. Restart the computer, if instructed
To Install Microsoft .NET Framework for Windows 2000:
1. Click Start
2. Click Windows Update or click Microsoft Update
3. Click Custom
4. On the left, click "Software, Optional"
5. Click the box infront of "Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0: x86 (KB829019)"
6. Click the Review and install updates button
7. Click the Install Updates button
8. Restart the computer, if instructed
Posted By: Jeff Franklin
Originally posted on: 11/8/2005
If you are getting spam with a "free" log in name and password, JUST DON'T DO IT. I is the newest form of the Storm Worm
Read On
"The Storm Worm is back, say email and internet security companies, but this time it's far more sophisticated than its first incarnation in January.
UK-based internet security firm, Marshal, says it has identified the Storm Worm, or what it calls the Storm Trojan, in a new outbreak of malicious spam emails that use login account confirmation details as a hook to get gullible email users to visit an infected website.
According to the company's Threat Research and Content Engineering team, the spam emails appear to come from a legitimate organisation and provide recipients with temporary login confirmation details for a website. The spam uses text like "For security purposes, please login and change the temporary Login ID and Password". Messages include a link to an IP address which is in fact a website infected with the Storm Trojan..."
To read more go to the web site...
Curisody can kill a computer. JUST DON'T DO IT
If you think your computer has been infected there is an untested utility you can try. I have run it on my Windows XP machine but it found nothing. It did not harm my computer. Here is the link http://www.teamfurry.com/wordpress/2007/07/19/sunshine-on-a-stormy-day/
For more information on the Storm Worm check out Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_Worm
Submitted By: Sally Marcum
Don't touch that Microsoft Security Bulletin email
By John Oates
Published Thursday 28th June 2007 12:15 GMT
Do not be tempted into opening an email with the subject line: "Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-0065" because it is no such thing.
The email is not from Microsoft and contains a link to a webpage containing a trojan (disguised malware). The emails contain real people's names and the company they work for and looks like a genuine Microsoft email.
The mail looks pretty convincing and includes Microsoft and Windows logos. It claims that a zero-day vulnerability has been found that would allow hackers to get into machines running Outlook. The mail claims 100,000 machines have already fallen foul of the vulnerability.
There's more from Sophos here. http://sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2007/06/bogusmspatch.html
Graham Cluely, senior tech consultant for Sophos, said the attempted attack actually showed there was increased awareness of computer security because hackers are now using social engineering to take advantage of this improved understanding.
He said: "The irony is that as awareness of computer security issues has risen, and the need for patching against vulnerabilities, so social engineering tricks that pose as critical software fixes are likely to succeed in conning the public."®
Original URL: http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/06/28/outlook_bug_isnot/
NOTE: Microsoft will never send a security patch attached to an unsolicited email. Never ever install any attachemnt based on the content of an email.
