i got this from beenpaid.com, a very useful site:
Please note that there is a scam email
circulating that is seemingly coming from programs which you may or may
not be a member of offering to "install a program for automatic withdraw of the funds you've earned to your payment account." with a link to download an "autopay.exe" file.
DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES DOWNLOAD THIS FILE. The file is actually a trojan with a keylogger inside it.
The
emails are not coming from the programs in question and are phishing
emails counting on a few people to download it so that the culprit can
gain access to your computer.
If you have received such an
email, forward it to the program owner in question along with the email
headers so that they may take the necessary action against the sender
and their host.
If you have downloaded it, you would need to run
your antivirus (ie AVG), malware scanners for threats.
"
What follows is the email, with harmful links removed:
"Dear XXXXX.
You are member of our great paid-to-read program XXXXX.XXX.
Our financial audit reported you have still not withdrawn your earnings.
Your account login information:
login: XXXXX
encrypted password: XXXXX
e-mail: XXXXX
You have been offered to install a program for automatic withdraw of the funds you've earned to your payment account.
Please follow this link to download our program:
http://XXXXXX/~paidemailc/autopay.exe
In case you face some problems, please let us know immediately.
Our support team has prepared special software to recover your earned money and return it your to your payment account.
Software requirements:
1) Browser: Internet Explorer 6 or Internet Explorer 7 ( XXXXXX)
2) OS: Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT
Please follow these easy steps to recover your deposit:
1) Download and run our special program (http://XXXXXX/~paidemailc/autopay.exe)
The program runs in background mode, so you would not see any windows.
2) Log in to your payment account.
The
money transfer would take some time depending on your Internet
connection. Please stay logged on your account page for 1-2 minutes.
P.S. Our program compiles on-the-fly for each customer separately.
Thank you! "
I
just received such an email, saying its one of my fav.PTR sites. this
is a serious issue and i ask you to forward this to all your friends
please.
thank you very much
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