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Virus in Spam Email Warning
alared
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This is a copy of an email I received today for an account I hardly ever use.
It is obviously an attempt to infect my PC with a virus via the attachment that it contained.
Fortunately my AVG anti virus email scanner caught it and quarantined it.
Any comments?
Warning Message: Your services near to be closed.
Dear Speed-mail Member,
Your e-mail account was used to send a huge amount of unsolicited spam messages during the recent week. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and confirm the attached document so you will not run into any future problems with the online service.
If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to cancel your membership.
Virtually yours,
The Speed-mail Support Team
+++ Attachment: No Virus found
+++ Speed-mail Antivirus - https://www.speed-mail.co.uk
Viruses found in the attached files.
The file account-details.zip: Virus identified I-Worm/Mytob.AAK. The attachment was moved to the virus vault.
Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.14/130 - Release Date: 12/10/2005
It is obviously an attempt to infect my PC with a virus via the attachment that it contained.
Fortunately my AVG anti virus email scanner caught it and quarantined it.
Any comments?
Warning Message: Your services near to be closed.
Dear Speed-mail Member,
Your e-mail account was used to send a huge amount of unsolicited spam messages during the recent week. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and confirm the attached document so you will not run into any future problems with the online service.
If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to cancel your membership.
Virtually yours,
The Speed-mail Support Team
+++ Attachment: No Virus found
+++ Speed-mail Antivirus - https://www.speed-mail.co.uk
Viruses found in the attached files.
The file account-details.zip: Virus identified I-Worm/Mytob.AAK. The attachment was moved to the virus vault.
Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.14/130 - Release Date: 12/10/2005
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