[DeTomaso] DO NOT Download files from emails from FedEx, DHL etc regading deliveries!!!!!

Dave dave at damardirect.com
Wed Jun 22 08:48:42 EDT 2016


Rob, You are a very wise man. 6 terabyte, holy crap!
IndyDave

From: Rob Dumoulin [mailto:rob at dumoulins.net]
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 9:55 PM
To: Dave
Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com; Larry - Ohio Time Corp; Ken Green
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] DO NOT Download files from emails from FedEx, DHL etc regading deliveries!!!!!


A word of advice to anybody with a computer or a few. Treat the computer as a disposable device. Have a storage area network (SAN) device with RAID 1 or 5 redundancy. I have a 6 terabyte cloud an a 2 terabyte on a private network, but most non IT folks probably could suffice with much less. Any software you install on any computer on your network should have full install backups on the SAN along with a text file of the license keys. Any documents, working files, backups, data, etc goes to the SAN, not the computer itself. Things that are static (meaning they are archives that will never change) set to read-only and create a redundant backup on a cheap portable hard drive encryped and kept in a car or safety deposit box off site. That includes financial stuff, pictures, music, and wrk stuff. If a computer gets hijacked or fails, you lose nothing.

If my house were to get blown away by a hurricane, I would be able to recover every client, intelectual property, picture, mp3, and data I have ever saved witin hours of buying a new laptop.

Paranoia is good and the geeks shall inherit the earth!
On Jun 21, 2016 2:15 PM, "Dave" <dave at damardirect.com<mailto:dave at damardirect.com>> wrote:
It is likely very real. Two years ago I opened one (not referencing a delivery). My computer locked up. It is called "Ransom Software" or Ransom Email". Our IT people found the encryption but could not remove. Paying the $400-500 dollars sometimes releases your files but no guarantee it won't come back.

I swear by Carbonite. The IT staff stripped out the computer & then installed the Carbonite Backup. Took about 2 hrs., as I remember. No problems since. As long as you have a good back-up, you can clean out your computer.
IndyDave






-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Green [mailto:kenn_green at yahoo.com<mailto:kenn_green at yahoo.com>]
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2016 2:24 PM
To: Larry - Ohio Time
Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com<mailto:detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] DO NOT Download files from emails from FedEx, DHL etc regading deliveries!!!!!

This may be a little different because it is not a virus etc.  It just encrypts your files and asks for $400 to release them.  Your anti-virus software may not recognize it.
Ken

      From: Larry - Ohio Time <Larry at ohiotimecorp.com<mailto:Larry at ohiotimecorp.com>>
 To: 'Ken Green' <kenn_green at yahoo.com<mailto:kenn_green at yahoo.com>>
Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com<mailto:detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
 Sent: Monday, June 20, 2016 10:59 AM
 Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] DO NOT Download files from emails from FedEx, DHL etc regading deliveries!!!!!

I have been getting this crap for over a year, a few times a week. They do look real.

General rule don't open anything, even from someone you know, if there is not a personal message to you that makes sense.

If you send me a photo and just say "wow look at this car." I will not open it.


Larry (Champion) - Cleveland .....see you know this is really me!

-----Original Message-----
From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com<mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com>] On Behalf Of Ken Green via DeTomaso
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2016 12:35 PM
To: DeTomaso List
Subject: [DeTomaso] DO NOT Download files from emails from FedEx, DHL etc regading deliveries!!!!!

 There are emails going out that say there was an attempted delivery and you have to download and open a file to reschedule.  If you do, the file will encrypt files on your PC, and you will get a message that you have to pay about $400 to recover your files.
We received three of these this morning.
Ken



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   Rob, You are a very wise man. 6 terabyte, holy crap!

   IndyDave


   From: Rob Dumoulin [mailto:rob at dumoulins.net]
   Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 9:55 PM
   To: Dave
   Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com; Larry - Ohio Time Corp; Ken Green
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] DO NOT Download files from emails from FedEx,
   DHL etc regading deliveries!!!!!


   A word of advice to anybody with a computer or a few. Treat the
   computer as a disposable device. Have a storage area network (SAN)
   device with RAID 1 or 5 redundancy. I have a 6 terabyte cloud an a 2
   terabyte on a private network, but most non IT folks probably could
   suffice with much less. Any software you install on any computer on
   your network should have full install backups on the SAN along with a
   text file of the license keys. Any documents, working files, backups,
   data, etc goes to the SAN, not the computer itself. Things that are
   static (meaning they are archives that will never change) set to
   read-only and create a redundant backup on a cheap portable hard drive
   encryped and kept in a car or safety deposit box off site. That
   includes financial stuff, pictures, music, and wrk stuff. If a computer
   gets hijacked or fails, you lose nothing.

   If my house were to get blown away by a hurricane, I would be able to
   recover every client, intelectual property, picture, mp3, and data I
   have ever saved witin hours of buying a new laptop.

   Paranoia is good and the geeks shall inherit the earth!

   On Jun 21, 2016 2:15 PM, "Dave" <[1]dave at damardirect.com> wrote:

   It is likely very real. Two years ago I opened one (not referencing a
   delivery). My computer locked up. It is called "Ransom Software" or
   Ransom Email". Our IT people found the encryption but could not remove.
   Paying the $400-500 dollars sometimes releases your files but no
   guarantee it won't come back.
   I swear by Carbonite. The IT staff stripped out the computer & then
   installed the Carbonite Backup. Took about 2 hrs., as I remember. No
   problems since. As long as you have a good back-up, you can clean out
   your computer.
   IndyDave
   -----Original Message-----
   From: Ken Green [mailto:[2]kenn_green at yahoo.com]
   Sent: Monday, June 20, 2016 2:24 PM
   To: Larry - Ohio Time
   Cc: [3]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] DO NOT Download files from emails from FedEx,
   DHL etc regading deliveries!!!!!
   This may be a little different because it is not a virus etc.  It just
   encrypts your files and asks for $400 to release them.  Your anti-virus
   software may not recognize it.
   Ken
         From: Larry - Ohio Time <[4]Larry at ohiotimecorp.com>
    To: 'Ken Green' <[5]kenn_green at yahoo.com>
   Cc: [6]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
    Sent: Monday, June 20, 2016 10:59 AM
    Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] DO NOT Download files from emails from FedEx,
   DHL etc regading deliveries!!!!!
   I have been getting this crap for over a year, a few times a week. They
   do look real.
   General rule don't open anything, even from someone you know, if there
   is not a personal message to you that makes sense.
   If you send me a photo and just say "wow look at this car." I will not
   open it.
   Larry (Champion) - Cleveland .....see you know this is really me!
   -----Original Message-----
   From: DeTomaso [mailto:[7]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On
   Behalf Of Ken Green via DeTomaso
   Sent: Monday, June 20, 2016 12:35 PM
   To: DeTomaso List
   Subject: [DeTomaso] DO NOT Download files from emails from FedEx, DHL
   etc regading deliveries!!!!!
    There are emails going out that say there was an attempted delivery
   and you have to download and open a file to reschedule.  If you do, the
   file will encrypt files on your PC, and you will get a message that you
   have to pay about $400 to recover your files.
   We received three of these this morning.
   Ken
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