Security Alert: Virus Emails - You've received A Hallmark E-Card!
Who: Everyone
What: Virus Emails - You've received A Hallmark E-Card!
When: November 17, 2008
How:
Virus emails have recently been sent to Carnegie Mellon email accounts claiming to be from postcards@hallmark.com. The messages include a postcard.zip or similarly named attachment. PLEASE DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT!
A sample of the virus message follows:
From: postcards@hallmark.com
Sent: Fri, November 14, 2008 11:31 pm
Subject: You've received A Hallmark E-Card!
Hello!
You have recieved a Hallmark E-Card from your friend.
To see it, check the attachment.
There's something special about that E-Card feeling. We invite you to make a friend's day and send one.
Hope to see you soon,
Your friends at Hallmark
Your privacy is our priority. Click the "Privacy and Security" link at the bottom of this E-mail to view our policy. Hallmark.com | Privacy & Security | Customer Service | Store Locator
What You Need To Do:
If you suspect your computer has already been compromised, STOP! Read and follow Responding to a Compromised Computer.
If your computer is managed by a Carnegie Mellon departmental computing administrator, please consult that person before making any system changes.
Follow the detailed steps below:
- If you opened the attachment and Symantec AntiVirus did not alert you that it caught the threat, your machine may be infected and may need to be cleaned
Immediately contact your departmental computing administrator or the Computing Servics Help Center at x8-HELP(4357) or send email to advisor@andrew.cmu.edu for further instructions.
- If you received or opened the message and did not open the attachment, enable spam filtering and delete the message.
See Enable Spam Filter Using Portal
- Secure Your Computer***
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Contact:
Please direct any questions or comments to the Computing Services Help Center at x8-HELP (4357) or advisor@andrew.cmu.edu, or to your departmental administrator or DSP consultant.
