Comments on: "You’ve received a postcard from a family member!" - BEWARE http://www.jasonslater.co.uk/2007/06/29/youve-received-a-postcard-from-a-family-member-beware/ Managing Information Technology for a UK based Small/Medium Enterprise - With a bit of real life thrown in for good measure. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:02:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Anonymous http://www.jasonslater.co.uk/2007/06/29/youve-received-a-postcard-from-a-family-member-beware/#comment-100 Anonymous Tue, 31 Jul 2007 03:54:00 +0000 http://212.241.217.223/?p=424#comment-100 I have had a large number of this and variations recently, i.e. "Youve recieved and ecard from a School mate, from a family member, from a collegue, etc. One accidentally slipped through and indeed had a virus attached. Happily my anti-virus software caught it before any damage was done. I have had a large number of this and variations recently, i.e. “Youve recieved and ecard from a School mate, from a family member, from a collegue, etc. One accidentally slipped through and indeed had a virus attached. Happily my anti-virus software caught it before any damage was done.

]]> By: Jason http://www.jasonslater.co.uk/2007/06/29/youve-received-a-postcard-from-a-family-member-beware/#comment-99 Jason Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:57:00 +0000 http://212.241.217.223/?p=424#comment-99 There are some further details about the actual infection <a HREF="http://research.sunbelt-software.com/threatdisplay.aspx?name=Storm.Worm&threatid=119065" REL="nofollow">here</a> and <a HREF="http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_99104.htm" REL="nofollow">here</a>.<br/><br/>If you can get an Internet connection for any time at all its worth running your system through <a HREF="http://housecall.trendmicro.com/" REL="nofollow">Trend Housecall</a><br/><br/>or <a HREF="http://secunia.com/software_inspector/?task=load" REL="nofollow">Secunia</a><br/><br/>You can also get hold of <a HREF="http://free.grisoft.com/" REL="nofollow">AVG</a> from GriSoft or <a HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx" REL="nofollow">Microsoft Windows Defender</a> which may help. There are some further details about the actual infection here and here.

If you can get an Internet connection for any time at all its worth running your system through Trend Housecall

or Secunia

You can also get hold of AVG from GriSoft or Microsoft Windows Defender which may help.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.jasonslater.co.uk/2007/06/29/youve-received-a-postcard-from-a-family-member-beware/#comment-98 Anonymous Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:01:00 +0000 http://212.241.217.223/?p=424#comment-98 Ok, I'm an idiot. I clicked it. Now I blue screen every 10 minutes. Is there a process I can go through to fix my laptop? Ok, I’m an idiot. I clicked it. Now I blue screen every 10 minutes. Is there a process I can go through to fix my laptop?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.jasonslater.co.uk/2007/06/29/youve-received-a-postcard-from-a-family-member-beware/#comment-97 Anonymous Sun, 01 Jul 2007 15:57:00 +0000 http://212.241.217.223/?p=424#comment-97 thanks for the good advice, nice blog btw. thanks for the good advice, nice blog btw.

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