Christmas Greetings from Spammers – Don’t be fooled

Spammers are clearly putting the holidays to good use, as they have made Christmas just another reason to spread malware.

Trend Micro threat analysts recently received a spammed message purporting to come from 123greetings.com, a legitimate site that users can access to send e-cards to family and friends. The email message even sported the site’s logo (see Figure 1).

According to 123greetings.com, the e-cards sent from the site are stored on 123greetings.com servers and so should not be attached to emails. In other words, to view e-cards sent from the site, users do not need to download anything, however these spam emails are requiring the user to download a file to view the e-card.

 We have already had to clean up 2 Swindon residents PC’s of this malware, and are warning all Swindon, Highworth, Faringdon and those in surrounding areas to be careful when opening attachments from anyone!

If you are not sure, don’t open it.

Measures to take to help protect yourself:-

• Ensure your anti-virus software is updated.
• Don’t open attachments from anyone you do not know.
• If you do know the person sending the attachment, and you are unsure of its content or if it is legitimate, then contact the sender and find out what they have sent, and indeed if they sent it.

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