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| Scumbags release 'London bombing' Trojan |
| 2005-07-08 |
| Virus writers have created a Trojan which poses as London terrorist attack news footage. Infected emails harbouring the Trojan pose as a CNN Newsletter which asks recipients to ‘See attachments for unique amateur video shots’. If executed, the malicious attachment turns infected Windows PCs into spam zombies. The as-yet unnamed Trojan attempts to obtain a list of SMTP servers that the victim's machine is configured to use and starts to use these servers to send large volumes of unsolicited mail. Email security firm MessageLabs has intercepted a handful of copies of the malware, so it's not widespread, but it does illustrate the depth virus writers are prepared to sink to in order to spread their wares. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #7 ROFL, #6 mucky. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-07-08 23:35 |
| #6 Ї∑Д Ã¢Â€Â яÂ¥ |
| Posted by: ∑Ü©Ќ₣Ωяδ∞ 2005-07-08 23:30 |
| #5 Uh could you translate that Mucky. I don't have my mirror handy to reverse your typing. |
| Posted by: Bill Nelson 2005-07-08 22:09 |
| #4 Barb.. are you splody cucumber minded? »:> |
| Posted by: Red Dog 2005-07-08 18:16 |
| #3 Guess this shows I'm not technical-minded. When I saw the headline, I thought it was talking about condoms. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-07-08 17:17 |
| #2 thees a**holes dont deeserv cheep beer. goddam skumbags. heren sum more skumbags hoo brawt yalls grate programs like vx2 an cool web serch. lern more bowt em heer. |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2005-07-08 16:58 |
| #1 The terrorists use all avenues. Send the creator of this worm to one of our "secret" prisons that Turban Durban is so apoplectically aroused about... No lemon chicken. Just pork baloney, and cheap beer... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-07-08 16:04 |