Email Dangers

This post was written by admin on August 31, 2007
Posted Under: Email Dangers, PC Security, malware

The email Trojans are back in full swing.

Many of these will be titled 'Office Antics', 'It Takes Guts to Say Jesus', 'Free Web Tools' and many other eye catching subjects.

DO NOT open these emails as they contain a Trojan Downloader and if the link contained in the body is clicked a new window will open and you will be prompted to download a file.

Only trust emails from trusted sources, but also ensure that you have real-time anti-virus running.

Even trusted sources can innocently pass on trojans and malicious code.

Virus Name: JS/Psyme also known as HTML/Mht@exp

Spreads through Web Browsing, Downloads Code from the internet, Exploits your system and/or Software vulnerabilities, and in extreme cases it can wipe data on your hard drive.

Ensure your anti-virus is up-to-date. I recommend Avast AntiVirus (freeware) which catches these Trojans and opens a ‘Threat Detected’ window.

If you are infected with this update your virus definitions file and reboot into Safe Mode, scan with anti-virus and also scan with Malwarebytes antimalware.

Email will read similar to this, with some variations:
Welcome Member,
We are so happy you joined ************
Member Number: 6257277682314
Your Temp. Login ID: user3795
Your Password ID: eq708
Please Change your login and change your Login Information.
Use this link to change your Login info: ******** (link removed)
Welcome,**********************

These emails all follow the same format with a clickable link.......DO NOT click.