Email Offering Information From an Airline about an “e-ticket”-Virus!
Summary of eRumor:
You receive an email with a subject line an an attachment that says something about an e-ticket. The email appears to be from an airline.
The Truth:
According to US-Cert (The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team), this email may include a virus.
The email started appearing in inboxes at the end of July, 2008.
US-Cert said that the email appears to be from legitimate airlines and appears to include information about an e-ticket.
The subject line may be “E-Ticket#XXXXXXXX” (with the X’s representing numbers).
It may include an attachment with a name like “eTicket#XXXX.zip.”
Do not open the attachment or you may end up with a computer infected with a virus.
Updated 8/2/08