Another phishing attempt

[jcarter]

Here is another fake phishing one.
I know some people who have replied to these, wish they wouldnt.
Jane

[Reiddm]

QUOTE(jcarter @ Nov 5 2010, 04:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Here is another fake phishing one.
I know some people who have replied to these, wish they wouldnt.
Jane

They are coming from USPS, UPS, FedEx as well as Airborn and DHL, it is also posted on Snoops, they contain a virus that attack IBMs, I'm sure Mac's are not far behind!

[Paddy]

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they contain a virus that attack IBMs, I'm sure Mac's are not far behind!

Um, no. These phishing attempts have been around for several years and these things are Trojans, not viruses. They require human interaction - they do not do anything without it. There are STILL NO MAC VIRUSES for OS X and the malware installed by these trojans come as .exe files, so cannot be opened on a Mac. They only attack PCs running Windows.

Example: http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/sec...6740/Agent.JEN/

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fake-DHL-Em...an-146649.shtml

Please note - there are a few (very few) Trojans that do work on Macs, such as Boonana:

http://www.macnn.com/articles/10/10/27/hid...tworking.email/

Again - they all require USER INTERACTION. Don't open stuff that you shouldn't. End of story.