Beware of this virus

By Tom Scanlon
Posted Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009 at 11:09 AM

just received this email:

THERE IS AN EMAIL WITH SUBJECT LINE OBAMA ACCEPTANCE SPEECH FLOATING AROUND WITH A TROJAN HORSE ATTACHMENT. DO NOT OPEN FOR ANY REASON!!!

DELETE IMMEDIATELY. THE TROJAN STEALS ALL PASSWORDS AND USER IDS!!!

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Here is some more details on the virus:
Antivirus experts warn that mass-emailed messages purporting to link to a video of President-elect Barack Obama’s acceptance speech actually connects users to a Web page that attempts to upload a Trojan horse program to their computers. If the ploy is successful, the malware proceeds to steal personal information from infected computers and forwards it to a server in Kiev, Ukraine.

A typical specimen of the message looks like this:

Barack Obama Elected 44th President of United States

Barack Obama, unknown to most Americans just four years ago, will become the 44th president and the first African-American president of the United States.
Watch His amazing speech at November 5!

Proceed to the election results news page>>

2008 American Government Official Website
This site delivers information about current U.S. Foreign policy and about American life and culture.
Clicking on the link brings up a dialogue box asking the user to update Adobe Flash Player, which, if the user complies, causes the download of the malicious file.

Bruce – Purple Tree Farms

Written by: Bruce Richardson on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009 at 3:25 PM