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Title: obama s acceptance speech warning
Post by: borderfox.1495 on January 24, 2009, 01:11:16 AM
anybody receiving a e mail entitled accecptance speech do not open delete straight away, it has a trojan horse , which will steal your id and password , please pss on john pugh


Title: Re: obama s acceptance speech warning
Post by: Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan ) on January 24, 2009, 07:59:14 AM
ohhh dear,  thanks John
 Alan


Title: Re: obama s acceptance speech warning
Post by: Richy on January 24, 2009, 08:17:46 AM
Thanks for the warning John.

Richy.


Title: Re: obama s acceptance speech warning
Post by: Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan ) on January 24, 2009, 08:31:46 AM
FURTHER TO THAT, IV'E JUST FOUND THIS ON ONE OF THE SECURITY SITES.
Obama Malware Emails
In the wake of the US Presidential election, inboxes around the world are being hit by malware emails supposedly providing news about Barack Obama's historic win. Soon after the results were announced the first batch of bogus "news" emails were sent out. These messages claim to provide news about the election and contain a link that supposedly opens a video showing Obama's "amazing" acceptance speech. However, clicking the link opens a webpage that claims that, in order to view the video, the user is required to download what appears to be a new version of Adobe Flash Player. In fact, the download is not a flash player at all, but a trojan that, once installed, can collect sensitive personal information from the infected computer and send it to a remote server. The emails arrive with a variety of subject lines.

Criminals regularly exploit major news events and it is not surprising that they have chosen to target the US election results. Malware distributors are likely to continue to exploit the election over the coming weeks and months. Internet users should be very caution of any unsolicited emails claiming to link to news, videos or photographs concerning the election. If you receive such a message, do not click on any links contained in the email or open any attachments that it may contain.


Title: Re: obama s acceptance speech warning
Post by: Richy on January 24, 2009, 08:43:21 AM
Thanks Al, You got me worried for a while as there's a new version of Adobe reader out, I downloaded it earlier this week, I've just scanned it with AVG and it's virus free.  :)

Richy.


Title: Re: obama s acceptance speech warning
Post by: Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan ) on January 24, 2009, 01:01:55 PM
arrr Great stuff Richy,

 you could easily fall for this one hey

 Alan


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