The ranting of an IT Professional

Nov 20 2008   5:50PM GMT

Hallmark Virus



Posted by: Jason Tramer
hallmark virus

Please be aware of this new virus. It comes in the form of an email message with a hallmark e-card.

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp

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Labnuke99  |   Nov 20, 2008  5:56 PM (GMT)

ummmm… this is not new. It has been out there for a long time. There may be a new variant of the attached virus, but the actual Hallmark (or other name) e-postcard message has been around quite a while. The best thing to do is just block EXE’s and other risky file types.


 

Labnuke99  |   Nov 20, 2008  8:24 PM (GMT)

The ones to watch out for are the other ones that seem more sinister like the FTC or FBI warnings about being prosecuted or arrested. These are often addressed to high-visibility folks who would open the attachment and unleash a trojan that could capture identity information and return it to the attacker(s).


 

Jtramer  |   Nov 20, 2008  10:06 PM (GMT)

My bad on this, thanks for the catch and the good info. I received an email from a virus mailing list I was on that listed this one as new.


 

Paramnarang  |   Jan 14, 2009  9:13 PM (GMT)

This threat is for a real.
We just got attacked by this virus.
Please watch out!!!