AB
7th September 2012, 09:47 AM
I just got this email from my host. I have been seeing a lot of these too so be careful folks!
Please be advised that there is currently a Trojan virus circulating that is infecting Windows PCs in large volumes and stealing email login credentials. The Trojan is contained in an email that pretends to be a Facebook Notification and is located in a zip file attached to that email. Once the email account login details have been obtained, the affected email account is then being used to send large volumes of spam. Over the last two weeks, we have seen a noticeable increase of email account compromises due to this Trojan and would like to advise all of our customers to be extra vigilant when checking emails supposedly from Facebook.
It is important to note that Facebook notification emails do not normally contain attachments.
You can read an article regarding the virus by visiting the link below which is an article from security firm Sophos.
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/08/28/facebook-friend-photo-malware/
Please always bear in mind that if you are in anyway suspicious of any emails you receive, you should never open any attachments included with them until you have verified their authenticity. If you believe your account may have been compromised, you should take all necessary actions to clean your PC of the Trojan virus and ensure all email passwords are immediately changed.
Please be advised that there is currently a Trojan virus circulating that is infecting Windows PCs in large volumes and stealing email login credentials. The Trojan is contained in an email that pretends to be a Facebook Notification and is located in a zip file attached to that email. Once the email account login details have been obtained, the affected email account is then being used to send large volumes of spam. Over the last two weeks, we have seen a noticeable increase of email account compromises due to this Trojan and would like to advise all of our customers to be extra vigilant when checking emails supposedly from Facebook.
It is important to note that Facebook notification emails do not normally contain attachments.
You can read an article regarding the virus by visiting the link below which is an article from security firm Sophos.
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/08/28/facebook-friend-photo-malware/
Please always bear in mind that if you are in anyway suspicious of any emails you receive, you should never open any attachments included with them until you have verified their authenticity. If you believe your account may have been compromised, you should take all necessary actions to clean your PC of the Trojan virus and ensure all email passwords are immediately changed.