Possible Computer VIRUS

[Johnny]

Received the following email this afternoon. If it's true, watch out.

Subject: : virus

Date: Monday, November 1, 2010, 4:26 PM

Begin forwarded message:

Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2010, 11:51 AM



Felt this worth passing along. With Christmas coming up, I can see
where this could be a real problem.

The virus circulating is the UPS/Fed Ex Delivery Failure. You will
receive an e-mail from UPS/Fed Ex Service along with a packet number.
It will say that they were unable to deliver a package sent to you on
such-and-such a date. It then asks you to print out the invoice copy
attached. DON'T TRY TO PRINT THIS. IT LAUNCHES THE VIRUS! Pass this
warning on to all your PC operators at work and home. This virus has
caused Millions of dollars in damage in the past few days.
Snopes confirms that it is real.

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/ups.asp

 

[Scienceman]

Some people need to get a life...
Creating virus after virus is dumb.

 

[tinmanSC]

You click the message, type in your street address (this validating your mailing address), and the great virus machine in the sky sends you a package the next day with the flu in it.

Now that's virus spam!

 

[SLCraig]

I haven't had a virus on one of my own PC's since XP first came out.. Common sense is all you need to avoid 99% of this junk.

 

[DragRace]

A virus huh

Wow,I play with malware / viruses,so yeah,I'm not to worried

 

[lyle]

I don't know if the message contains a virus, but I received the UPS version in my SPAM inbox a couple weeks ago. Funny, because the sender was "USPS RECEIVING". Don't these guys proofread? Also, the attachment notice was in .pdf format. As with everything in my SPAM box, delete-delete-delete...

 

[DragRace]

Originally Posted By: lyle
I don't know if the message contains a virus, but I received the UPS version in my SPAM inbox a couple weeks ago. Funny, because the sender was "USPS RECEIVING". Don't these guys proofread? Also, the attachment notice was in .pdf format. As with everything in my SPAM box, delete-delete-delete...


This day and age,too many people still do the" Oh, whats this?! I'll just click on it and see what it is," BAM,they're infected.
For those in the know,we know the delete button is our best friend

 

[simple_gifts]

Doesn't look like a computer virus from what I've read; it looks like a Windows virus;

As with most computer security issuesEBKAC or PICNIC

 

[sprintman]

I smile when I read these posts. Two simple solutions (NIS, KIS) almost guarantee no infections.