Jeff Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/02/1...tines_phishing/ There's Valentine's Day worms and phishing spam doing the rounds, and they're going to give you an infection you'd rather not have. One phishing email - a new variant on an old trick - is spoofed to look like it comes from services@americangreetings.com, a well known e-card company. Click on the link, which claims you've been sent a Valentine's card, and a faked-up copy of that site's homepage tells you that "You don't have the latest version of Macromedia Flash Player". Once loaded, only the sharp-eyed will spot that the URL is actually americanSgreetings.com, and even if you don't click the link the page tries to download what looks like a Flash installer - but is actually far too small to be the real thing. Yup, it's a Trojan. If you go back to the same fake page later (whether you accepted the download or killed it), it now leads to a real e-card on the real American Greetings site, so you might think the "Flash install" had fixed the problem. Nasty. It's not the only topical risk around today either. Anti-virus companies, including Sophos and Symantec, are reporting a big surge in infected email with Valentine's taglines. The messages have a file attachment which of course carries a Trojan or worm, but should be blocked as long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LuckyGrey Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Thanks Jeff. I did get an email from American Greeting titled, "about your account." I didn't have time to open it before--whew!!! Just went and deleted that. I think I'll do an extra Norton scan tonight too. Happy Valentine's Day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rycezmom Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Thank you Jeff for the info and Happy Valentines Day to you. Quote The more I see of man, the more I like dogs. ~Mme. de Staël Missing my Bridge Angels Ryce, Bo, Jim, Miss Millie, Miss Rose, Gustopher P Jones (Pimpmaster G), Miss Isabella and Miss Star Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest UGAKarlandBrook Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Someone thought a long time about that trojan. If it wasn't a nasty virus I'd applaud the creator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LuvXRacers Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Thanks Jeff!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WarmheartedPups Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonder Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 This is probably why I didn't get a thank you for my e-card Quote Kari and the pups.Run free sweet Hana 9/21/08-9/12/10. Missing Sparks with every breath.Passion 10/16/02-5/25/17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RubysMom Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Wait. I thought Trojans were supposed to STOP viruses. Oh, we are talking about computers. I thought you were a Valtrex helpful hints giver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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