E-Card Virus Warning
Filed Under (malware, virus) by chris on Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
Tagged Under : malware, virus
Just got an e-mail that says it’s from e-cards@hallmark.com with the subject: You have received A Hallmark E-Card! It had an attachment called Postcard.zip which was identified by my antivirus, I use NOD32 by E-Set
__________ ESET NOD32 Antivirus warning, version of virus signature database 4693 (20091216) __________
Warning, ESET NOD32 Antivirus found the following threats in the message:
Postcard.zip – probably a variant of Win32/Merond.AA worm – deleted
Postcard.zip > ZIP > document.chm .exe – probably a variant of Win32/Merond.AA worm – was a part of the deleted object
This came from one of my works TV affiliates mailing list. So I am guessing it is one that goes through your address book and sends itself to everyone on there.
Figured this was also a good time to remind people to be careful with any “e-cards” they get. Watch out for infected attachments, as was the case with this one, and watch for links that send you to websites designed to infect you or steal your identity / information.
