Comments on: Beware of this virus http://www.northcoastnews.com/2009/01/21/beware-of-this-virus/ Serving all the communities of the North Beach since 1987 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:20:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Bruce Richardson http://www.northcoastnews.com/2009/01/21/beware-of-this-virus/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Bruce Richardson Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.northcoastnews.com/?p=1075#comment-110 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 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

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