Posted on April 27th, 2010 by Kirk. Filed under Announcements, Security Alerts.
Delete the following messages on sight, as they are bogus emails. They are fairly suspicious looking.
The first one contains a link to a suspicious settings.exe file. The link below has been modified to prevent problems, you do not want to download that file.
From: "netidea.com support" <abolishingsn@rivieramail.com> To: <nobody@netidea.com> Subject: netidea.com account notification Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:25:03 +0800 Dear Customer, This e-mail was send by netidea.com to notify you that we have temporanly prevented access to your account. We have reasons to beleive that your account may have been accessed by someone else. Please run this file and Follow instructions: http://mailservicessss DOT bravehost DOT com/settings DOT exe (C) netidea.com
The second includes an attached PDF file (doc.pdf) that is infected with a virus:
From: "customersupport@netidea.com" <customersupport@netidea.com> To: <user@netidea.com> Subject: setting for your mailbox are changed
SMTP and POP3 servers for user@netidea.com mailbox are changed. Please carefully read the attached instructions before updating settings. <doc.pdf>
Posted on November 30th, 2009 by Kirk. Filed under Announcements, Security Alerts.
The following message is in fact a scam. We never email to ask you for your password. The big tip is that the reply-to address goes to an address that is not one of ours. This is a common sign of fraudulent emails.
Is Monday over yet?
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:29:36 +0800 From: "Net Idea Telecommunications Inc." <webmaster@netidea.com> Reply-to: supportdesk@programmer.net To: undisclosed-recipients:; Subject: EMAIL UPGRADE NOTICE!!! Account Department! Net Idea Telecommunications Inc. Upgrade/Maintenance All netidea.com Email Accounts We regret to announce to you that we will be making some system maintenance on our netidea.com Webmail account. During this process you might have login problems in signing into your netidea.com Webmail account, but to prevent this you have to confirm your account immediately after you receive this notification. To confirm and to keep your netidea.com webmail active during and after this process, please reply to this message with the below netidea.com Webmail account information. Failure to do this might cause a permanent deactivation of your netidea.com Webmail account from our data base to enable us create more spaces for the 2009 session. Send your netidea.com Webmail account for confirmation stating: * netidea.com ID: * Password: * Date of Birth: Your account shall remain active after you have successfully confirmed your account details. We thank you for your prompt attention to this notification. Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect your netidea.com Webmail account. We apologize for any inconvenience. Net Idea Telecommunications Inc. ACCOUNT SUPPORT
Posted on November 23rd, 2009 by Kirk. Filed under Announcements, Security Alerts.
We’ve seen 2 separate phishing emails sent out over the weekend. They are both very similar and ask for your username and password. The emails are sent from email@info.com, but replies will go to rest777@att.net. These are fairly obvious scams. What these criminals want is your username and password so they can use your email account to send out spam.
We will never email you to ask for your password. Ever.
Posted on November 6th, 2009 by Kirk. Filed under Announcements, Security Alerts.
There are a number of emails making the rounds today claiming to be an updated Facebook user account agreement. These emails contain an attached zip file containing a trojan horse type virus. Do not open the attachment and delete the message on sight. Here are some examples:
Posted on October 23rd, 2009 by Kirk. Filed under Announcements, Security Alerts.
This message containing a zip attachment is another virus, of the same variety of the ‘Conflicker.B infection alert‘ emails earlier this week.
My virus scanner shows its version 483 of the same virus.
Sincerely,
Kirk Ismay
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: A new settings file for the username@netidea.com has just been released Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:29:44 -0500 From: support <username@netidea.com> To: <username@netidea.com> Dear user of the netidea.com mailing service! We are informing you that because of the security upgrade of the mailing service your mailbox username@netidea.com settings were changed. In order to apply the new set of settings open zip attached file. Best regards, netidea.com Technical Support.
Posted on October 19th, 2009 by Kirk. Filed under Announcements, Security Alerts.
The message below is a fake and the attached file is in fact a virus. The two samples I have are actually 2 different variations of the virus, which according to my virus scanner is now up to version 481 of this bug. Virus authors are now releasing new versions of a virus faster than virus scanners can release the new signatures.
As always, never open an unexpected file, whether it comes from email or instant message. If it appears to be from someone you know, call or text them to verify that they really did send it to you.
Sincerely,
Kirk Ismay
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Conflicker.B Infection Alert Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:29:44 -0500 From: Microsoft Windows Agent <username@netidea.com> To: <username@netidea.com>
Dear Microsoft Customer, Starting 18/10/2009 the ‘Conficker’ worm began infecting Microsoft customers unusually rapidly. Microsoft has been advised by your Internet provider that your network is infected. To counteract further spread we advise removing the infection using an antispyware program. We are supplying all effected Windows Users with a free system scan in order to clean any files infected by the virus. Please install attached file to start the scan. The process takes under a minute and will prevent your files from being compromised. We appreciate your prompt cooperation. Regards, Microsoft Windows Agent #2 (Hollis) Microsoft Windows Computer Safety Division
Posted on October 15th, 2009 by Kirk. Filed under Announcements, Security Alerts.
Here is a sample of the latest phishing scam we’ve seen reported. Once again, we will never email you asking for your password. It features the usual bad grammar, this one uses a link to a web site that asks for your username & password. This one is being tagged by our Spam filter, but some people have the spam filter disabled.
These types of messages should be deleted on sight. If you’ve given them your password, change it immediately using the ‘Account’ button at the top of our web page.
Sincerely,
Kirk Ismay
Subject: A new settings file for the username@netidea.com mailbox has just
been released
Dear user of the netidea.com mailing service!
We are informing you that because of the security upgrade of the mailing service your mailbox (username@netidea.com) settings were changed. In order to apply the new set of settings click on the following link:
Best regards, netidea.com Technical Support.
Posted on July 23rd, 2009 by Kirk. Filed under Announcements, Security Alerts.
Here is a sample of the latest phishing scam we’ve seen reported. Once again, we will never email you asking for your password. Also note that replies are sent to webmaster-team@live.com, which is not one of ours. These types of messages should be deleted on sight. If you’ve replied with your password, change it immediately using the ‘Account’ button at the top of our web page.
Sincerely,
Kirk Ismay
Subject: VERIFY YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT.
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From: Web Master-Help Team <webmaster-team2@live.com>
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Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:35:38 -0300
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VERIFY YOUR "netidea.com" EMAIL ACCOUNT. Dear netidea.com Email Account Owner,This message is from netidea.com messaging center to all netidea.com email account owners. We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail account center. We are deleting all unused netidea.com email account to create more space for new accounts. To prevent your account from closing you will have to update it below so that we will know that it's a present used account. CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL IDENTITY BELOW Email Username: ............... EMAIL Password: ................ Date of Birth: ................. Country or Territory:........... Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account within Seven days of reading this warning will lose his or her account permanently. Thank you for using netidea.com! Warning Code: VX2G99AAJ Thanks, netidea.com Team