Be careful with Valentine's Day E-cards

Valentine’s Day is upon us again and whilst we are all thinking of what to buy our beloved, people are putting together e-scams to trick you into infection and ‘amazing cures’ offered at barmy prices.

Our tips for avoiding this are as follows:

Do you know the sender, if you don’t know the sender delete it! Legitimate companies have standard, obvious ways for you to recognize that an e-greeting is not a fraud.

For example, with Hallmark Greetings, the "from" area in the message header always shows "Ecard from Hallmark" as the display name and "ecards@hallmark.com" as the e-mail address.

Make sure you check both the display name and e-mail address of the sender.

Do not click any links when you are not sure of the sender or intent of an e-mail message.

Never download or click anything from an unknown source.

Our advice would be to purchase Malwarebytes. Although a free copy is available the purchased version comes with active protection disabling any potential threat before it takes out your machine!

If purchased through Nexus we will help you install and ensure it is configured correctly. To purchase click here.

This is a one time Valentine offer and limited until the 15th Feb 2010.

Warning of potential malware problem

We have had a high report of malicious emails being sent similar to the message below:

Dear customer!

Unfortunately we were not able to deliver your postal package which was sent on the 1st of December in time because the addressee's address is incorrect.
Please print out the invoice copy attached and collect the package at our department.

United Parcel Service of America.

Our advise is DO NOT open these type of emails, if you are unsure of whether the email is indeed legitimate please contact the support desk on 0844 888 3300 and we will verify the email for you.

Google launches Nexus Phone!!!

Google have launched their latest offering within the Smartphone market. The Nexus One Smartphone is aimed at the business-minded customer. The Android phone is manufactured by HTC and is touted as a nice addition to the consumer line-up of Android Smartphone’s although it does lack a physical keyboard.

The Nexus One features the newer Android OS (2.1)a much speedier processor (1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon).

Will it be a contester to the iPhone, time will tell, we hope so purely due to its name!

For further information visit googles site:

http://www.google.com/phone

Tax Return Email Scam

Here is a new spam that is circulating and very difficult to know it is spam. Please tell as many people about this as it’s a very clever one.

Note: It is titled: Please submit your payment refund or similar.

Note: you may find that the ‘£’ amount changes, this is a good indicator of spam.

Note: It also has an attached form called ‘Refund_Form.html’ which you shouldn’t even attempt to open

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Dear Applicant:


We have reviwed your tax return and our calculations of your last years accounts a tax refund of 865.24 is due Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 3-6 days in order to process it.

A refund can be delayed for a variety of reasons.
For example submitting invalid records or applying after the deadline.

Please submit the form attached to your email in order to complete your tax refund


Best Regards,
HM Revenue & Customs

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© Copyright 2009, HM Revenue & Customs UK All rights reserved.
TAX REFUND ID: SAT-19287

For all other HRMC scams please visit their site on http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/security/examples.htm

ESET listed as a Windows 7 Security Software Provider

What does this mean for you????

· Eset are listed on the Microsoft website as providing consumer security software that is compatible with Windows 7.
· Our customers who are moving towards Windows 7 can do so in confidence that our latest Version 4 software will work. Free upgrades from previous versions are available online.

In order to ensure full compatibility with Windows 7 OS, we recommend that users download and install the latest installation packages for ESET Smart Security 4 and ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4, as well as Business Edition versions running ESET Remote Administrator 3.

All Nexus Clients will have this carried out for them as part of their support contract.

My Time at Nexus

For the past few months during this summer, I have been lucky enough to get a 9-5 part time job at Nexus. Finishing GCSE’s in June and starting college in September; I had I massive amount of time on my hands. Working the three days a week at Nexus as a marketing assistant meant I could gain some experience to add on to my C.V. However, on the mornings I had work I didn’t get up thinking “urgh work...” I got up thinking “ work today. Let’s go!” this may seem a little odd, but the office atmosphere at Nexus made me want to be a part of something. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time, as it hasn’t felt like a chore going to work and i can take what iv learnt from the design side of things with me to my design course at Fareham college. It has also prepared me for life after education with lots of work experience!

The people here work extremely hard to make sure their clients get the best from their service and everyone chips when it comes to the tea making!(which is always a plus!). At Nexus the balance of professionalism and friendliness is perfect, making it a comfortable environment for both workers and clients: This makes nexus an enjoyment to work with, along with the knowing they are committed to get the job done it its best potential.

I’d just like to say thank you for having me for the past few weeks, it’s gone so quickly! Thanks for the experience I’m very grateful.

All the best,

Alice May

Browsing the Internet!!!!

It has been widely publicised in recent years that browsing the Internet can be dangerous! There are always people out there trying to gain information which they should not have access to, and the recent hole found in Microsoft's Internet Explorer was no exception.

The vulnerability, disclosed by Microsoft on July 6, affects Internet Explorer users whose computers run Windows XP, it can allow hackers to remotely take control of users machines subsequently they can access all of your passwords and secure information. All the user has to do is visit a Web site that’s been hacked to get infected, and often are drawn to the site by clicking a link in a spam e-mail.

Within our Active Fix software, a script was created which was pushed to all workstations with the relevant fixes needed to ensure the highest security. So to summarise, if you are reading this as a client of Nexus Business Group, you are protected. If you are not a client of Nexus Business Group, ask yourself this...who is looking out for your company’s interests?

Ross Crate
Technical Manager