I had a reader call and ask me about a virus that infected his computer from an email that claimed to be from UPS about the missed delivery of a package.
I’m starting to research an answer for him. According to UPS’ website,
We have become aware there is a fraudulent e-mail being sent that says it is coming from UPS and leads the reader to believe that a UPS shipment could not be delivered. The reader is advised to open an attachment reportedly containing a waybill for the shipment to be picked up.
This e-mail attachment contains a virus. We recommend that you do not open the attachment, but delete the e-mail immediately.
UPS may send official notification messages on occasion, but they rarely include attachments. If you receive a notification message that includes an attachment and are in doubt about its authenticity, please contact customerservice@ups.com.
Please note that UPS takes its customer relationships very seriously, but cannot take responsibility for the unauthorized actions of third parties.
Thank you for your attention.
Information about this virus is scarce. But it has been identified by Symantec as a Backdoor.Trojan.
Their webpage about getting rid of it can be found here.
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