Virus Email or Spam – common identifiers

VIRUS EMAIL would be sent by any email address of any account, because some crackers always search and catch email address in mailboxes FROM, TO: and CC: of sending email including users address book. More advanced hackers/spammers can even include subject lines from user mailboxes. That’s the reason why the virus email looks like was sent by a friend, family member or from some genuine companies.

How to identify if the email has a virus? Below are some common identifiers:

1. Email attachment size is small ( 181-285 KB )
2. Has extensions like:
   • *.scr
   • *.pif
   • *.zip
   • *.HQX
   • *.MQX
   • *.mim
   • *.bat
   • *.exe
   • *.com
   • *.txt
   • *.doc
   • *.clp
   • *.lhz
   • *.rhz
   • and more other new extension name files
3. Have email subjects like:
   • Hi
   • Pictures.
   • Weah ^_^ )
   • Hokki=)
   • ello!=))
   • Hello -:))
   • Hey, dude, it’s me ^_^
   • access Mpeg
   • Re:your text
   • Re:Text message
   • Re:Msg reply
   • Re:Is that your document?
   • Re:Hot Movie(MPEG)
   • Re:Information. ..
   • Re;Important info
   • Re:This is your photos!: )
   • And more and more…

Beware such emails are dangerous.

• If one of your files has an infected virus, it could infect other files and then all files in your hard drive when you open or access it.
• Don’t open or reply virus emails.
• If the email sounds genuine but has an attachment and you are not sure, just call up the sender and ask for confirmation before opening it.