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Virus Email Message - Haun Welding Invoice - Invoice.pdf.zip

The email message below: "Haun Welding Invoice," has a virus or Trojan horse attached to it that will infect your Windows computer if you open it. The message was designed to trick the recipients into opening the malicious attachment, disguised as an invoice from Haun Welding Supply INC. This dangerous email message is a fake and was not sent by the Haun Welding Supply INC.

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Virus Email: Haun Welding Invoice

Subject: Haun Welding Invoice
Attachment: Invoice.pdf.zip

Attached you will find a number of invoices from Haun Welding Supply INC.

Thank you for your business

This is the only copy of this invoice you will receive.
It will not be mailed
They include these invoice numbers:
6418854 0104993

If you have any questions please contact our credit department at 503 001-4993

The attachment "Invoice.pdf.zip” contains the malicious file "Invoice.pdf.scr". We found the following threats after scanning the malicious file:

This email message was not sent by Haun Welding Supply INC, but by cybercriminals, whose aim is to trick the curious recipients into opening the malicious attachment that will infect their computers with a virus or Trojan horse.

Once your computer has become infected with this malicious Trojan horse, the cybercriminals behind this email message will be able to access and take control of your computer remotely from anywhere around the world. They may spy on you, use your computer to commit cybercrimes, or steal your personal and financial information.

Now, if you have already opened anyone of these malicious attachments, please do a full scan of your computer with the antivirus software installed on it. The name of the attachment may change, so be careful when opening email attachments.

If you don’t have antivirus software installed on your computer, please click here for a list of free antivirus software.

Never open an attachment that has a name ending with “.exe”, because these are computer programs that can infect your computer with a virus or some other malware.

Click here for a list of email attachments you should never open, regardless of where they came from.

For a list of other virus email messages, please click here.

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