How To Remove Australia Post Email Scam

Australia Post Email Scam Virus: Easy Delete Guide

Australia Post Email Scam refers to a mass-scale operation during which, numerous spam emails are sent by con artists. Mails sent through this malspam campaign are presented as messages in regard of unpaid customs duties from “Australia Post”. We highly emphasize that these emails have no relation with the legitimate postal service enterprise. The only purpose of the senders is to trick recipients into revealing sensitive data or paying bogus fees. Deceptive mails are not just used for phishing/scams, they are also utilized to spread dangerous PC threats like Trojans, ransomware, etc.

More About Australia Post Email Scam:

The “Australia Post Email Scam” letters inform that recipients must pay the delivery cost for a package to be released. Moreover, the mails also include wide details regarding the Australia Post enterprise that provides postal services in Australia. The main objective of such scam letters is to collect vulnerable data through phishing websites and email replies. Such information includes: online account usernames/passwords, personally identifiable details (e.g., names, contact information, addresses, etc.), finance-related data (e.g., banking account and credit card numbers, etc.), and so on.

Data gathered by Australia Post Email Scam can be used for monetary purposes by selling it to third-parties or used to create personalized scams. Furthermore, scammers can employ the hijacked accounts to steal the owner’s identity and friends/contacts for loans. It can also be misused for making fraudulent transactions or online purchases, and proliferating malware. In addition, victims might be asked to make fake payments as scammers generally request users to pay the fees via shady payment gateways. Data entered into them is often recorded and sent to the con artists.

Therefore, if you trust “Australia Post Email Scam” letters, you can undergo severe privacy issues, identity theft, and significant monetary losses. Malware sent through such campaigns are very devastating and may cause various hazardous issues onto the compromised systems. A trojan can deactivate all the running security services, allow cyber criminals to access and control the infected device, spread other cyber infections, steal data, and so forth. Moreover, it slows down the overall PC performance drastically by eating up enormous amount of memory resources and increasing the usage of CPU and GPU. This perilous trojan may trigger hard drive crash, software failure, data loss, application malfunctioning, boot errors, and other unpleasant issues. So, a quick “Australia Post Email Scam” virus removal is strongly required.

How Does The Threat Enter Your PC?

Spam emails are often utilized to proliferate malware. They are sent by cyber criminals in thousands in malspam campaign in disguise of important letters from some well-known companies or other entities. Yet, they contain malicious files that could be in multiple formats, e.g., executables, archives, PDF and Microsoft Office documents, JavaScript, etc. Once the virulent file is opened, it triggers the installation of virus.

To avoid such intrusions, it is highly recommended to not open files attached to suspicious or irrelevant emails. In addition, shady download channels (e.g., Peer-to-Peer sharing networks, unofficial and free file-hosting sites, etc.) should not be used and choose only official and verified sources for your applications. Also, update/activate software using the tools provided by legitimate developers. But at the moment, you must remove Australia Post Email Scam virus from the computer as soon as possible.

Text Presented In The Scam Letters:

Subject: Your package could not be delivered on 13.09.2021 because no customs duties were paid (12.99 AUD)

Dear customer

Your package could not be delivered on 13.09.2021 because no customs duties were paid (12.99 AUD).

As a reminder, Australia Post informs you that your shipment AU1950317-0935 is still awaiting instruction from you. Follow the instructions :

Dispatch Date: 14.09.2021 / 15.09.2021

Reference : AU1950317-0935

Beneficiaries : Australia Post

Amount to be paid : 12.99 AUD

Please confirm the payment of the delivery costs (12.99 AUD) and the shipment of the package

    To confirm the shipment of a package, click here

We thank you for recording it and wish you continued convenient sending with a waybill online.

Best regards.

Australia’s postal market is competitive for most services but Australia Post has an exclusive right to deliver reserved letters – generally letters less than 250 grams. We administer the Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989 and the Australian Postal Corporation (Performance Standards) Regulations 2019.

The Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989 requires Australia Post to meet community service obligations, including performance standards defined in the regulations. Those performance standards include requirements about frequency, accuracy and speed of mail delivery, street posting boxes and retail outlets.

In cooperation with the Department of Finance, we also provide oversight of Australia Post as a government business enterprise, wholly owned by the Australian Government. The Australia Post Board and management are responsible for the day-to-day running of the organisation. Australia Post is required by law to operate commercially and does not receive funding from the government.

With many Australians staying and working at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Australia Post has experienced a significant surge in demand for parcel deliveries. To meet the unprecedented parcels demand, Australia Post has established at least 18 new or recommissioned parcel processing facilities, chartered additional freighter flights, is operating some of its processing facilities 24/7 and has employed hundreds of temporary staff.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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Important Note: This malware asks you to enable the web browser notifications. So, before you go the manual removal process, execute these steps.

Google Chrome (PC)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the Menu button
• Select “Settings”. Scroll the mouse downward to choose “Advanced” option
• Go to “Privacy and Security” section by scrolling downward and then select “Content settings” and then “Notification” option
• Find each suspicious URLs and click on three dots on the right side and choose “Block” or “Remove” option

Google Chrome (Android)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the menu button and then click on “Settings”
• Scroll down further to click on “site settings” and then press on “notifications” option
• In the newly opened window, choose each suspicious URLs one by one
• In the permission section, select “notification” and “Off” the toggle button

Mozilla Firefox

• On the right corner of the screen, you will notice three dots which is the “Menu” button
• Select “Options” and choose “Privacy and Security” in the toolbar present in the left side of the screen
• Slowly scroll down and go to “Permission” section then choose “Settings” option next to “Notifications”
• In the newly opened window, select all the suspicious URLs. Click on the drop-down menu and select “Block”

Internet Explorer

• In the Internet Explorer window, select the Gear button present on the right corner
• Choose “Internet Options”
• Select “Privacy” tab and then “Settings” under the “Pop-up Blocker” section
• Select all the suspicious URLs one by one and click on the “Remove” option

Microsoft Edge

• Open the Microsoft Edge and click on the three dots on the right corner of the screen to open the menu
• Scroll down and select “Settings”
• Scroll down further to choose “view advanced settings”
• In the “Website Permission” option, click on “Manage” option
• Click on switch under every suspicious URL

Safari (Mac):

• On the upper right side corner, click on “Safari” and then select “Preferences”
• Go to “website” tab and then choose “Notification” section on the left pane
• Search for the suspicious URLs and choose “Deny” option for each one of them

Manual Steps to Remove Australia Post Email Scam:

Remove the related items of Australia Post Email Scam using Control-Panel

Windows 7 Users

Click “Start” (the windows logo at the bottom left corner of the desktop screen), select “Control Panel”. Locate the “Programs” and then followed by clicking on “Uninstall Program”

Windows XP Users

Click “Start” and then choose “Settings” and then click “Control Panel”. Search and click on “Add or Remove Program’ option

Windows 10 and 8 Users:

Go to the lower left corner of the screen and right-click. In the “Quick Access” menu, choose “Control Panel”. In the newly opened window, choose “Program and Features”

Mac OSX Users

Click on “Finder” option. Choose “Application” in the newly opened screen. In the “Application” folder, drag the app to “Trash”. Right click on the Trash icon and then click on “Empty Trash”.

In the uninstall programs window, search for the PUAs. Choose all the unwanted and suspicious entries and click on “Uninstall” or “Remove”.

After you uninstall all the potentially unwanted program causing Australia Post Email Scam issues, scan your computer with an anti-malware tool for any remaining PUPs and PUAs or possible malware infection. To scan the PC, use the recommended the anti-malware tool.

How to Remove Adware (Australia Post Email Scam) from Internet Browsers

Delete malicious add-ons and extensions from IE

Click on the gear icon at the top right corner of Internet Explorer. Select “Manage Add-ons”. Search for any recently installed plug-ins or add-ons and click on “Remove”.

Additional Option

If you still face issues related to Australia Post Email Scam removal, you can reset the Internet Explorer to its default setting.

Windows XP users: Press on “Start” and click “Run”. In the newly opened window, type “inetcpl.cpl” and click on the “Advanced” tab and then press on “Reset”.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users: Press the Windows logo, type inetcpl.cpl in the start search box and press enter.  In the newly opened window, click on the “Advanced Tab” followed by “Reset” button.

For Windows 8 Users: Open IE and click on the “gear” icon. Choose “Internet Options”

Select the “Advanced” tab in the newly opened window

Press on “Reset” option

You have to press on the “Reset” button again to confirm that you really want to reset the IE

Remove Doubtful and Harmful Extension from Google Chrome

Go to menu of Google Chrome by pressing on three vertical dots and select on “More tools” and then “Extensions”. You can search for all the recently installed add-ons and remove all of them.

Optional Method

If the problems related to Australia Post Email Scam still persists or you face any issue in removing, then it is advised that your reset the Google Chrome browse settings. Go to three dotted points at the top right corner and choose “Settings”. Scroll down bottom and click on “Advanced”.

At the bottom, notice the “Reset” option and click on it.

In the next opened window, confirm that you want to reset the Google Chrome settings by click on the “Reset” button.

Remove Australia Post Email Scam plugins (including all other doubtful plug-ins) from Firefox Mozilla

Open the Firefox menu and select “Add-ons”. Click “Extensions”.  Select all the recently installed browser plug-ins.

Optional Method

If you face problems in Australia Post Email Scam removal then you have the option to rese the settings of Mozilla Firefox.

Open the browser (Mozilla Firefox) and click on the “menu” and then click on “Help”.

Choose “Troubleshooting Information”

In the newly opened pop-up window, click “Refresh Firefox” button

The next step is to confirm that really want to reset the Mozilla Firefox settings to its default by clicking on “Refresh Firefox” button.

Remove Malicious Extension from Safari

Open the Safari and go to its “Menu” and select “Preferences”.

Click on the “Extension” and select all the recently installed “Extensions” and then click on “Uninstall”.

Optional Method

Open the “Safari” and go menu. In the drop-down menu, choose “Clear History and Website Data”.

In the newly opened window, select “All History” and then press on “Clear History” option.

Delete Australia Post Email Scam (malicious add-ons) from Microsoft Edge

Open Microsoft Edge and go to three horizontal dot icons at the top right corner of the browser. Select all the recently installed extensions and right click on the mouse to “uninstall”

Optional Method

Open the browser (Microsoft Edge) and select “Settings”

Next steps is to click on “Choose what to clear” button

Click on “show more” and then select everything and then press on “Clear” button.

Conclusion

In most cases, the PUPs and adware gets inside the marked PC through unsafe freeware downloads. It is advised that you should only choose developers website only while downloading any kind of free applications.  Choose custom or advanced installation process so that you can trace the additional PUPs listed for installation along with the main program.