How To Remove TNT AWB Email Scam

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TNT AWB Email Scam is used by cyber criminals to trick gullible users into providing their personal information. The spam email is disguised as a message from Elaine Poon, a Customer Service Executive from TNT Express Worldwide (HongKong) Ltd. It claims to have an attached AWB for the recipients’ reference attached to it. Moreover, the mail also possesses contact details for Elaine Poon and the company. Nonetheless, this is nothing more than a phishing endeavor. There is a file named “04592648.shtml” attached to it and the moment it is opened, it redirects recipients to a spoofing site where they’re asked to disclose their password.

Threat Details

Name: TNT AWB Email Scam

Category: Scam, Phishing

Fake Claim: Claims that the attached file is an AWB (Air waybill)

Disguise: Pretends to be letter from TNT

Attachment: 04592648.shtml

Danger Level: High

Signs: Suspicious email messages, illegal access of the computer, unauthorized purchases

Distribution: Spam emails and their malicious attachments

More About TNT AWB Email Scam:

The main objective of the threat actors behind TNT AWB Email Scam is to trick the email receivers into sharing their passwords and other sensitive information with them. Using the acquired passwords, these malicious individuals can gain access to different accounts as well as credit card details. With this type of info in the possession, they can make fraudulent transactions, unauthorized purchases and perform other hateful activities. Besides, this sort of data can also be employed to create persuasive messages so as to deceive users into different scams. For this, reason, we strongly suggest never believing questionable email messages.

Hoaxes like TNT AWB Email Scam, Unfortunately, There Are Some Bad News For You Email Scam, etc. can also be used to proliferate malware like spyware, Trojan, ransomware, worms, rootkits, etc. Such cyber threats are considered as the most dreadful infections out there and can seriously damage the PC if manage to sneak into it. For instance, Trojan horses are most versatile form of malware that can be utilized for a variety of evil purposes. They can steal personal and sensitive data from the compromised systems, provide hackers remote access to the device, mine cryptocurrencies by consuming too much amount of system resources, bring in dangerous ransomware into the machine, mess with vital system files and disable several important functions. Hence, if you got infiltrated by such a parasite in your computer after opening the spam email message, remove TNT AWB Email Scam virus from the work-station ASAP.

How Does The Malware Spread?

Typically, spam emails are used for spreading different types of malware infections. These emails generally have malicious files as attachments or just contain vicious links. Some most prevalent files that are employed to deliver cyber pests are executable files, such as .exe, .bat, .com, and .pif files, as well as script files, such as .vbs, .js, and .wsf files. To avoid infecting your system with malware or viruses, don’t run into opening email attachments coming from unknown addresses. Besides, stay away from questionable pop-ups and links on third-party sites and install a reliable antivirus app and keep it up-to-date.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does TNT AWB Email Scam target personal data?

Your personal information can be very cooperative for the cyber criminals to carry out crimes. Such as, they can use your credit card details to make unauthorized purchases. Also, your stolen passwords can be employed to gain access to banking and other accounts. For this reason, scammers often target users’ personal data.

Can the promoted virus damage my PC?

Without any doubt, these are the most dangerous computer infections out there and can do a lot of damage inside your system. If you don’t want to suffer serious harm, make sure to eliminate the nasty intruder from the machine as early as possible.

Message In The Spam Letter:

Subject: TNT AWB – 04592648

Hello, 

Please find the attached AWB for your reference,thank you.

Best Regards

Elaine Poon

Customer Service Executive

Customer Service Dept

T : 852 23312663

F : 852 23183270

Elaine.Poon@TNT .COM

TNT Express Worldwide (HongKong) Ltd

Unit 1121, 11/F, KITEC, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong

www.tnt.com

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 TNT AWB Email Scam:

Remove the related items of TNT AWB 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 TNT AWB 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 (TNT AWB 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 TNT AWB 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 TNT AWB 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 TNT AWB 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 TNT AWB 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 TNT AWB 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.