Felt this worth passing along. With Christmas coming up, I can see where this could be a real problem.
The newest 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
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i appreciate all the trades made in the past.
THANKS!! 1|1|Thanks for the heads up, I ship a lot of things FedEx/UPS|sdoty|sdoty17@hotmail.com|14:43:37|12/02/2010|
http://www.refundsweepers.com/dcforum/feedback/1090.html 2|1|I confirm, I DID download it!|IceeeeN|IceeeeN@aol.com|14:51:21|12/02/2010|
I am usually pretty smart on scams, but my husband had just shipped a package UPS so i when i got the email, i thought it was for the package. I downloaded it, and WOW.......my computer was a MESS.........."it" had control of everything i did. I went to add/remove and it would pop up a message, i went to system restore, a pop up came up that it was a threat and would not let me open that...tons of crap. In the end, i ran it in safe mode and was able to restore my computer. it was a PAIN!!!! In the end, i was mad at myself for not catching it first!
Heed the warning =-)))))
Nicole