Today my husband got an e-mail from Northwest Airlines thanking him for his purchase of an airline ticket. It said that $432.00 had been charged to his credit card. There was an attatchment to show his invoice.

 

He did not order a ticket from Northwest Airlines and naturally clicked on the attatchment to see what was going on. Within seconds his computer shut down. A call to Northwest revealed that they have been getting complaints about this all day. It is a fake. When you open the attatchment it allows a virus into your computer.

 

It looked authentic enough....watch out for it!

Ouch that stinks. Hope you get it fixed.

I hope you gave your husband a talking to. Clicking on an unexpected attachment is begging to get a computer virus.

Today my husband got an e-mail from Northwest Airlines thanking him for his purchase of an airline ticket. It said that $432.00 had been charged to his credit card. There was an attatchment to show his invoice.

 

He did not order a ticket from Northwest Airlines and naturally clicked on the attatchment to see what was going on. Within seconds his computer shut down. A call to Northwest revealed that they have been getting complaints about this all day. It is a fake. When you open the attatchment it allows a virus into your computer.

 

It looked authentic enough....watch out for it!

 

We get these authentic looking but fake emails at work all the time. The best way I've found to determine if they are legit is to look at the email sender's address prior to opening (you can do this with programs like outlook, etc) because you can usually tell if they look bogus or not.

 

Hope it didn't do alot of damage.

I hope you gave your husband a talking to. Clicking on an unexpected attachment is begging to get a computer virus.

 

Oddly enough, the bank called earlier in the day because they detected irregular spending on one of our accounts. Turned out to be nothing (kids buying I tunes), but when that e-mail came shortly after that and said he was charged for tickets, it was just to easy to click on and see what that was about. Seemed too coincidental.

Thanks for the warning. This kind along with other messages (unexpected) that may contain your name are red flags for computer trouble.

Oddly enough, the bank called earlier in the day because they detected irregular spending on one of our accounts. Turned out to be nothing (kids buying I tunes), but when that e-mail came shortly after that and said he was charged for tickets, it was just to easy to click on and see what that was about. Seemed too coincidental.

 

So your saying the kids are in on it. :jump: Seriously though thanks for the warning.

I am sorry to hear that. I just received and email about a week ago that was so in debt from a person in another country. They were talking about how they were left 12million dollars from a great aunt or something and they go on to describe a disease they have and if we accept their child if they pass away they will put this money in our account or a part of it. They ask for name, address, date of birth, SS#, and your bank info.

 

Do people really fall for that stuff? I immediately sent it to Howard Aim and told him to be on the look out for other people sending him that. It was crazy.

These virus emails often use services common to many people. Watch out for emails from USPS, UPS and Fedex also. They will reference a shipment or package mailed that they need more information about. Do not open the attachments!

There is a fake PayPal thing going around too. It says you need to update your info or something. My dad received it but doesn't have PayPal so it was a dead giveaway.

Just get a Mac. Then you don't even have to worry about viruses.:thumb:

Just get a Mac. Then you don't even have to worry about viruses.:thumb:

 

Why? Seriously - I don't know anything about Macs. Are they really virus-free?

There is a fake PayPal thing going around too. It says you need to update your info or something. My dad received it but doesn't have PayPal so it was a dead giveaway.

 

Dad got something like this about a year ago. Only it said it was from e-bay and asked for credit card information. Since Dad used pay-pal through e-bay he knew it was a fake.

 

But a friend of mine fell for this one and 9 hours later, she got a call from her bank saying that $1,700 had been charged to her card in Romania. She never got her money back.

Why? Seriously - I don't know anything about Macs. Are they really virus-free?

 

Mac's literally CANNOT get viruses. It's something to do with getting into the Apple database and stuff I'm not too computer savvy but I do know they are immune to any type of virus. I'm getting a Mac sometime this year and I cannot wait.

From Mary Landesman, your guide to Antivirus Software, resources for Macintosh users. Macs aren't immune to viruses, but they are very rare. Learn which viruses infect Macintoshes and what solutions are available to defend against them.

 

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