New Virus: Here we go again :Snopes says it's real

[Muddy]

This apparently was going around late summer.One of the mooks at work just got hit with it, so I am passing it on, since it still seems to be out there.

The newest virus circulating is the UPS Delivery Failure. You will receive an e-mail from UPS Packet Service along with a packet number. NOTE: The word packet is misspelled on this line. 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

[Micro]

Good heads-up.

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

It wasn't me..................  

[Glenn]

I've seen variations of this.  One of which says something about "your order" with the "receipt attached".  Click on it, and you're nailed.

The clue?  The attached file is a zip file  (somename.zip).  Never, EVER, click on a zip file unless you asked for it!!  I don't care how compelling the e-mail is, DON'T CLICK ON IT!

[Muddy]

Thanks , I did not know about that zip thing!

I had a lot of problems when I was a teenager with the girl's fathers telling them not to open that zipper whether he asks you or not

[J Francho]

By far the most damaging, and lucrative virus this year has been "Windows AntiVirus 2009."  This thing is a real b**** to remove.  Its actually a trojan, but most users click on it, since it looks legit.  Just finished another two hour, ten round battle with a tower.  Each time I get a new case of it from a customer, its a little bit different.  Its ike the darn thing mutates.  Luckily, people smarter than I have created batch files that remove most of it, and then whatever AV program they have will scrub the rest.  Just takes a looooong time to get it done, and invariable the infected machine is wildly out of date.  My favorite line from the customer (usually the woman of the house), "My husband never goes gambling or porn sites."  Uhh, yeah right lady  ;D

[Glenn]

http://Windowsupdate.microsoft.com is your friend.