By David on 12/3/2009 12:18 AM | Filed Under [IT Services - Austin], [IT Services - Bryan / College Station], [IT Services - Dallas / Ft. Worth], [IT Services - Houston], [IT Services - San Antonio], [IT Support Services], [Network Management] Popular tags: Patch Management, Phishing, Spam, Mallware, Computer Security, Network Security
This e-mail claims to be from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and provides you with a link to a page that looks a lot like thier site, to create a "personal vaccination profile."
From: CDC [mailto:"cdc-alert-id:04120182med"@cdcmails.gov] Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 10:29 AM Subject: Creation of personal Vaccination Profile You have received this e-mail because of the launching of State Vaccination H1N1 Program. You need to create your personal H1N1 (swine flu) Vaccination Profile on the cdc.gov website. The Vaccination is not obligatory, but every person that has reached the age of 18 has to have his personal Vaccination Profile on the cdc.gov site. This profile has to be created both for the vaccinated people and the not-vaccinated ones. This profile is used for the registering system of vaccinated and not-vaccinated people. Create your Personal H1N1 Vaccination Profile using the link:
From: CDC [mailto:"cdc-alert-id:04120182med"@cdcmails.gov] Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 10:29 AM Subject: Creation of personal Vaccination Profile
You have received this e-mail because of the launching of State Vaccination H1N1 Program. You need to create your personal H1N1 (swine flu) Vaccination Profile on the cdc.gov website. The Vaccination is not obligatory, but every person that has reached the age of 18 has to have his personal Vaccination Profile on the cdc.gov site. This profile has to be created both for the vaccinated people and the not-vaccinated ones. This profile is used for the registering system of vaccinated and not-vaccinated people. Create your Personal H1N1 Vaccination Profile using the link:
And then there's a link to a .exe file that could install malware on your computer.
According the the CDC, the "personal vaccination profile" is a hoax. Do not click on that link. The CDC does not send out unsolicited emial and is not creating a state vaccination profile.
For more information http://www.cdc.gov/hoaxes_rumors.html
Good in depth article about how to recognize Spam and phishing messages. http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=1227&tag=nl.e101
NickName (required)
Email (never displayed, shows your gravatar)
Website (Blog)
Your Comment (smaller size | larger size)
Remember me? Notify me of followup comments via e-mail
Re: Domain Registry of America Scam Alert
I just called their customer support & sales department 1-866-434-0212 and made them listen... 3.2.1...
--Sergey Rusak
Re: Family Privacy and Social Media
Excellent. Thanks a lot for your sharing.
--Spamer
--Blogger
Re: Malware Alert: Personal vaccination profiles
Good in depth article about how to recognize Spam and phishing messages. http://blogs.techrepublic....
--David
The WSJ had a good article today. How Facebook Is Making Friending Obsolete http://online.wsj.com/...
Re: Microsoft Windows Vista : Now Shipping
Windows vista the new version of windows has many multimedia technologies inbuild and ask the users ...
--matt
Re: Phishing: PayPaI [ssqxge@webssl.com] Transaction Payment : WJCZISPNXI
I just got another one of these Dell order confirmations from xtvbjl@yahoo.com. Same text.
--Jeff Stannard
Re: Internet Virus Warning from the Better Business Bureau
We all know the what can virus do with our computer. Thanks for such nice post. It will help to get ...
--computer repair LA
Re: Google or Microsoft, who do you trust more?
Big win for Google yesterday. Los Angeles adopts Google e-mail system for 30,000 city employees
Re: New Content Management White Paper for Community Banks
A prospect sent me this article also: The Added Value of a Paperless Office http://advisor.morni...
--Less Paper Office Architect
Bryan / College Station: 979-260-8324
Dallas / Fort Worth: 214-382-9002
Houston Metro: 713-422-2270
Toll Free: 888-4-AGNITEK
Enter your email address: