Thanks Barbara; unfortunately this one is real. everyone should try and understand how they could tell that it's a real threat: it's not by remembering you once saw a warning about email from UPS or Fed Ex or whatever; next time it may be from Bank of America. the give away is that there is an attachment (which should make you cautious). scanning the attachment with your anti-virus program is not enough; often it will come back as ok because it's new, and the virus scanners don't know about it yet. in this case the attachment was hidden in a zip file. opening a zip file is ok, once you're sure it is a zip file that is. the problem was that inside of the zip file was a .exe file, which unfortunately displayed visually the icon of a Word document (icons can be embedded inside of .exe files). so, a lot of people saw the icon and not the file name, and clicked on it, and ran the program, and got the virus. the clue for trouble here is the .exe attachment. almost no one should be sending you a program to be run on your pc, and as I said, scanning it is a good idea, but if it comes back ok, it doesn't really mean much. so, if you get an attachment be careful about checking it out; companies do sometimes send attachments; but stop if it's a program. Chip ------------------------------ Chip Orange Database Administrator Florida Public Service Commission Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (850) 413-6314 (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.) ________________________________ From: tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barbara Lineberry Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 11:01 AM To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Patrick Lineberry; Peter Lineberry; Frank Meads; Jean Lowry; Bettina Rose Hughes Subject: [tabi] Fw: VIRUS WARNING This one appears real (I checked with Snopes too) so I'm passing it on. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: Jmcd1936@xxxxxxx To: Jmcd1936@xxxxxxx Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 10:50 AM Subject: VIRUS WARNING An added note from someone who receives many packages daily for the tenents in my building: None of these services email you unless you are the shipper and request email updates on the packages progress. Keep that in mind. If they can't deliver it they leave a notice on your door. Best bet? If you don'tknow the real sender, delete it. If it smells fishy, it probably is. The newest virus circulating is the UPS/FedEx/DHL Delivery Failure. You will receive an email from UPS/Fed Ex Service along with a packet number. It will say that they were unable to deliver a package sent to you on such-and-such a date. It then asks you to print out the invoice copy attached. DON'T TRY TO PRINT THIS. IT LAUNCHES THE VIRUS! Pass this warning on to all your PC operators at work and home. This virus has caused Millions of dollars in damage in the past few days. Snopes confirms that it is real. http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/ups.asp ________________________________