[Chat] Virus threat

[Stephen J Gewirtz]

Both FedEx and UPS offer a shipping service where final delivery is made 
by the Postal Service.

I received an email ostensibly from FedEx claiming that I had a package 
that the post office had been unable to deliver.  The email told me to 
click to  print out a receipt which I could take to the post office to 
claim my package.  Fortunately, after I clicked on it, my anti-virus 
software reported that it was a threat before I could open whatever I 
was clicking to.  When I looked further, the email was not from FedEx.  
The subject of the email was given as "Tracking ID" with a number, and 
it ostensibly was from Priority Shipping Service.

Fortunately, my antivirus software warned me not to make a big mistake 
in opening what the click was leading me to.  It was some sort of zip file.

Also, if the postal carrier cannot deliver a package, (s)he will leave 
something telling you that.  So I should have realized faster that the 
email was an attempt to deliver malware.

The moral is BE CAREFUL.  I was lucky.

Steve