The volume of spam in Vietnam masquerading as communication from well-known courier firms like Express Post and DHL dispatched to users of e-mail rose remarkably during April 2011. The messages reportedly state that the packages will be returned that will reach the e-mail recipients within three days. There are both receipt and information codes attached to the messages, the e-mails claim. VTV reported this in news on May 4, 2011.
However, on extracting the condensed file attachment, users would find .doc, .pdf or text files. Expert analysis at BKAV revealed that in reality there was malware concealed in the attachment. Stated Head of Research Vu Ngoc Son at BKAV, the majority of PCs with default mode didn't display the extensions within file names, while simultaneously any file icon was usually displayed as a text file that conveniently duped users. VTV reported this on May 4, 2011.
Essentially, BKAV's latest report indicates that 7,500 or so PCs in Vietnam were contaminated with a virus named 'express service.' Once this virus is run, computers would lose control to its authors, or their owners get blackmailed else be converted into spam-distributing zombies.
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