“Update Your Information” email Threat Level:

“Update Your Information” email is a classic phishing email. This “Update Your Information” email tells you your Paypal account needs to be updated, and links to a scam webpage that tries to trick you into giving con artists your Paypal login info.

If you accidentally log into the site this “Update Your Information” email links to (http://203.187.186.131), you’ll give con artists access to your bank account and a chance to steal your personal identity. If you’ve logged into any sites that this “Update Your Information” email links to, alert your bank and credit card companies. You might need to close your accounts.

Whenever you see an email like this “Update Your Information” email, never click any links. If you’re concerned the email might be real, type Paypal’s website address into a fresh browser window, and login from there.

Now let me show you how to block this “Update Your Information” email.

Do You Have “Update Your Information” email?

When you’re infected with badware — whether it’s “Update Your Information” email, spyware, adware, a Trojan, or a virus — there are a few key symptoms. Have you noticed…

• Slow computer performance: It just takes one parasite like “Update Your Information” email to slow your computer dramatically. If your PC takes longer than usual to reboot, or if your Internet connection is unusually slow, you may be infected with “Update Your Information” email.
• New desktop shortcuts or switched homepage: Badware like “Update Your Information” email may change your Internet settings to redirect your homepage to another site. Badware can even add desktop shortcuts to your PC.
• Annoying popups: Badware can bombard your computer with popup ads, even when you’re not online. Through these popups, you may be tricked into downloading more spyware.

How to Remove “Update Your Information” email Manually

Before we get started, you should backup your system and your registry, so it’ll be easy to restore your computer if anything goes wrong.

To remove “Update Your Information” email manually, you need to delete “Update Your Information” email files. Not sure how to delete “Update Your Information” email files? Click here, and I’ll show you. Otherwise, go ahead and…

“Update Your Information” email email reads:

From: support@paypal.com
Subject: Update Your Information
Reply-To: service@securety.com

Protect Your Account Info
Make sure you never provide your password to fraudulent websites.

PayPal will never ask you to enter your password in an email.

For more information on protecting yourself from fraud, please review our Security Tips at http://203.187.186.131/icons/small/us/cgi-bin/webscr.html?cmd=_login-run?cmd=_login-run

Protect Your Password
You should never give your PayPal password to anyone, including PayPal employees.

Update Your Information
It has come to our attention that your PayPal Account access is limited.
To remove the limitations we require you to update your billing information as soon as possible.
This billing update is also a new PayPal security statement which goes according to the established norms on our terms of service (TOS) to reduce the instance of fraud on our website.

Please update your records on or before Dec 10 2008. A failure to update your records may result on a suspension of your account.

To update your PayPal records click on the following link:
http://www.paypal.com/us/

This new security statement will helps us continue to offer PayPal as a secure and cost-effective payment service. We appreciate your cooperation and assistance.

Sincerely,
The PayPal Team

Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and choose the Help link located in the top right corner of any PayPal page.

PayPal Email ID PP295

Block “Update Your Information” email sites:

Note: In any “Update Your Information” email files I mention above, “%UserProfile%” is a variable referring to your current user’s profile folder. If you’re using Windows NT/2000/XP, by default this is “C:\Documents and Settings\[CURRENT USER]” (e.g., “C:\Documents and Settings\JoeSmith”). If you have any questions about manual “Update Your Information” email removal, go ahead and leave a comment.

How Do You Remove “Update Your Information” email Files?

Need help figuring out how to delete “Update Your Information” email files? While there’s some risk involved, and you should only manually remove “Update Your Information” email files if you’re comfortable editing your system, you’ll find it’s fairly easy to delete “Update Your Information” email files in Windows.

How to delete “Update Your Information” email files in Windows XP and Vista:

1. Click your Windows Start menu, and then click “Search.”
2. A speech bubble will pop up asking you, “What do you want to search for?” Click “All files and folders.”
3. Type a “Update Your Information” email file in the search box, and select “Local Hard Drives.”
4. Click “Search.” Once the file is found, delete it.

How to stop “Update Your Information” email processes:

1. Click the Start menu, select Run.
2. Type taskmgr.exe into the the Run command box, and click “OK.” You can also launch the Task Manager by pressing keys CTRL + Shift + ESC.
3. Click Processes tab, and find “Update Your Information” email processes.
4. Once you’ve found the “Update Your Information” email processes, right-click them and select “End Process” to kill “Update Your Information” email.

How to remove “Update Your Information” email registry keys:

Because your registry is such a key piece of your Windows system, you should always backup your registry before you edit it. Editing your registry can be intimidating if you’re not a computer expert, and when you change or a delete a critical registry key or value, there’s a chance you may need to reinstall your entire system. Make sure your backup your registry before editing it.

1. Select your Windows menu “Start,” and click “Run.” An “Open” field will appear. Type “regedit” and click “OK” to open up your Registry Editor.
2. Registry Editor will open as a window with two panes. The left side Registry Editor’s window lets you select various registry keys, and the right side displays the registry values of the registry key you select.
3. To find a registry key, such as any “Update Your Information” email registry keys, select “Edit,” then select “Find,” and in the search bar type any of “Update Your Information” email’s registry keys.
4. As soon as “Update Your Information” email registry key appears, you can delete the “Update Your Information” email registry key by right-clicking it and selecting “Modify,” then clicking “Delete.”

How to delete “Update Your Information” email DLL files:

1. First locate “Update Your Information” email DLL files you want to delete. Open your Windows Start menu, then click “Run.” Type “cmd” in Run, and click “OK.”
2. To change your current directory, type “cd” in the command box, press your “Space” key, and enter the full directory where the “Update Your Information” email DLL file is located. If you’re not sure if the “Update Your Information” email DLL file is located in a particular directory, enter “dir” in the command box to display a directory’s contents. To go one directory back, enter “cd ..” in the command box and press “Enter.”
3. When you’ve located the “Update Your Information” email DLL file you want to remove, type “regsvr32 /u SampleDLLName.dll” (e.g., “regsvr32 /u jl27script.dll”) and press your “Enter” key.

That’s it. If you want to restore any “Update Your Information” email DLL file you removed, type “regsvr32 DLLJustDeleted.dll” (e.g., “regsvr32 jl27script.dll”) into your command box, and press your “Enter” key.

Did “Update Your Information” email change your homepage?

1. Click Windows Start menu > Control Panel > Internet Options.
2. Under Home Page, select the General > Use Default.
3. Type in the URL you want as your home page (e.g., “http://www.homepage.com”).
4. Select Apply > OK.
5. You’ll want to open a fresh web page and make sure that your new default home page pops up.

“Update Your Information” email Removal Tip

Is your computer acting funny after deleting any “Update Your Information” email files? I recommend using a program like File Recover from PC Tools. File Recover saves deleted files that otherwise can’t be recovered by Windows operating sytem.

Want to save time finding “Update Your Information” email files? Download Spyware Doctor, let it find the “Update Your Information” email files for you, and then manually delete “Update Your Information” email files.

How Did You Get “Update Your Information” email?

Wondering how “Update Your Information” email ended up on your PC? If you’re infected with “Update Your Information” email or other badware, perhaps you were using…

• Freeware or shareware: Did you download and install shareware or freeware? These low-cost or free software applications may come bundled with spyware, adware, or programs like “Update Your Information” email. Sometimes adware is attached to the free software to “pay” developers for the cost of creating the software, and more often spyware is secretly attached to free software to harm your computer and steal your personal and financial information.
• Peer-to-peer software: Do you use a peer-to-peer (P2P) program or other application with a shared network? When you use these applications, you put your system at risk for unknowingly downloading an infected file, including applications like “Update Your Information” email.
• Questionable websites: Did you visit a website that’s of questionable nature? When you visit malicious sites that are fishy and phishy, badware may be automatically downloaded and installed onto your computer, sometimes including applications like “Update Your Information” email. I recommend you use Firefox web browser, if you don’t already.

Understanding “Update Your Information” email

If you’re infected with “Update Your Information” email, you should know what you’re fighting. I’ll explain some definitions related to “Update Your Information” email.

“Update Your Information” email May Be a Phishing Scam

Phishing is just what it sounds like: “fishing.” But instead of fishing for sport, phishing is about fishing for identity theft victims. Phishing scams like this “Update Your Information” email typically work like this: you get an email that looks like a legit alert from a popular bank or other financial institution. The phishing email says your account is about to be closed, for security reasons. So you click the link in the email to restore your account, and get taken to a con artist’s website that looks like a legit web page. You type in your username and password, and the phishers capture your login info. From there, phishers use your account name and password to steal your money and identity.

If you’ve clicked any links in a phishing email like “Update Your Information” email, scan your computer for Trojans with antivirus software, and alert your bank and credit companies.