Tag Archives: Virus Alert

Mailer-Daemon and Postmaster are NOT your Friend

2022423651 b7c2110c72 m Mailer Daemon and Postmaster are NOT your FriendSome of you may be excited to get email from Postmaster or Mailer-Daemon, but unless you are the Email administrator they are NOT your friend.  There is currently email going out that claims to be a NDR (Non Delivery Report).  This is you sent an email to someone, it failed.  The problem is the NDR does not tell you who the email was sent to.  Just that you sent it.   Ohh but look there is an attachment.  The attachment says Original Message or similar.

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Zbot Variants Spreading!

14412196 6df76d4f85 s Zbot Variants Spreading!There are several ways to propagate a virus. One of them being social engineering.  This is what the Zbot variants are trying to do.  They are sending emails that seem to come from your service provider, Microsoft themselves, and or your system administrator.

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Happy Valentine’s Day – Enjoy your Virus!

98171915 b07b308a32 s Happy Valentines Day   Enjoy your Virus!Yes it is that time of year, love is in the air.  Well so is social engineering.  So what exactly is social engineering? It is the act of manipulating someone into performing an action or giving out confidential information.  For example, calling up someone claiming to be tech support and asking for their password.

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Conflicker, Downup, Downadup, Kido Spreading – Removal – Virus Alert!

The virus known as Conflicker, Downup, Downadup, and Kido is on the rise.  This is a nasty virus that not only will infect your PC but your USB devices.

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Amazing News – Obama Refuses to be President – Virus Alert

2994035684 fd0dc33d3f s Amazing News   Obama Refuses to be President   Virus AlertWith the inauguration kicking in full swing, a botnet is sending out emails pointing users to a fake Barack Obama website. These website’s contain viruses in the links. The sites also include obfuscated java script using the name google-analysis.js.

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