Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Virus alert: Limited Edition Merchandise

I noticed an increase in the number of emails with the subject Limited Edition Merchandise.  This email contains the following offer which is a bogus offer.

Have yourself a Merry Christmas with Jack Daniel's. Print the coupon and head for your local outlet for limited edition merchandise.

Also attached is a zip file which pretends to be a coupon and is mostly likely a malicious executable. As with many attachments over recent months, this attachment (jackdaniels-coupon.zip) is not detected by the antivirus software as being malicious even though it probably is.

You should immediately delete this email.

- Kelvin Eldridge

PS. We use OzEfilter and CA antivirus to protect our computers. We've found no antivirus software to protect 100%. This combination plus common sense offers us a good level of protection.


No comments:

Post a Comment