A new form of particularly nasty spam is doing the rounds, pretending to be from service providers. The emails ask the recipient to download and\/or open a zip file containing an alleged upgrade, needed to use their email service. Examples:-<\/p>\n
SMTP and POP3 servers for someuser@garfnet.org.uk mailbox are changed. Please carefully read the attached instructions before updating settings.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n http:\/\/mamapapabrat.googlegroups.com\/web\/setup.zip<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n and:-<\/p>\n Dear Customer,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n This e-mail was send by garfnet.org.uk to notify you that we have temporanly prevented access to your account.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n We have reasons to beleive that your account may have been accessed by someone else. Please run attached file and Follow instructions<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n (C) garfnet.org.uk<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n These emails are not<\/strong> sent by us! Worse, zip file actually contains a virus designed to infect Windows computers. Therefore, these mails should be deleted and not opened.<\/p>\n More information about this scam: Sophos Account notification email warning<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A new form of particularly nasty spam is doing the rounds, pretending to be from service providers. The emails ask the recipient to download and\/or open a zip file containing an alleged upgrade, needed to use their email service. Examples:- … Continue reading