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UPS Virus making the rounds again

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A new version of the UPS virus has landed on my laptop (my fault).

Same old scheme, can't believe I fell for it. Comes as an attachment (mine came as a .rar file) with an email saying your package is on the way.

Open the .rar file and you see an icon (in my case) for a PDF file, except it has the .exe extension on it. That should have set off my alarms right there but it was late and I fell for it hook, line and sinker, game set match.

Think I got it all cleaned but won't know for a couple days......

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I shouldn't do this at a right sucky time for you, but ....

I am a Nigerian General that needs your help .....
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No, I am the cousin of the Nigerian President and when I checked his will .....
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That guy from Nigeria can go Fukc himself....
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*hehehe* :twisted:
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I got one titled DHL Corporate Parcel Tracking Information last week with an attached .zip

Luckily, I saw it for what it was and deleted it.

Thanks for the info...I will have to make sure my wife does not open any of these.

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there are multiple at the moment, UPS,DHL, Postal Express, Express package jsut to name a few
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Got the FedEx version of this virus today sent to my spam account. I was a little smarter this time around.
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See Mike, you aren't too old to learn.
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Nope.
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