Malware: UPS Packet Service
Posted by Aaron on Jul 28, 2008
Welcome everyone to the new PCS website. I know the site has been up for a little while now but since this is my first addition to the blog I wanted to welcome everyone anyway.
I got an email this morning from “UPS” saying this:
From: UPS Packet Service
Subject: UPS Paket N0143034179
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
The email was a little bit different than this but the same idea. The email came with an attachment that I was supposed to download and run in order to get my package. This email is actually a virus and spyware installing email. I wanted to pass this along because the email almost fooled me. I am actually expecting a package and when I saw this I wanted to make sure that I was going to receive it. I did not open the attachment and just deleted the email. UPS has released a statement about this here:
http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/about/news/service_updates/virus_us.html
This is also a good time to remind everyone about safe email practices. DO NOT open any attachments from anyone unless you know what the attachment is and are expecting an attachment from that person. It is also good practice to confirm with a contact that they indeed sent you an attachment and that it is safe. The best way to spread a virus is for the virus to send to people in your contact list. So if a friend gets infected it will try and infect you also. If you have further question please contact any one of us here at PCS for further help.