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Another Trojan from CNN Alerts: My Custom Alert Email
The spammers who have been sending the CNN.com daily top ten email spam seems to be sending a second wave of malware spams but this time the links really look like they lead to legit CNN links. Just today, I received this CNN alerts: My custom alert email and the supposed news the email brings is really catchy: President Bush withdraws from Iraq. The hoax news title link also looks like a real CNN site: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/07/threat.ap/index.html. Unfortunately, the sender of the email does not really look suspicious because it comes from a certain esubitam@equus-kentucky.com. More»
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Warning: Someone sent you an Ecard email may contain malwares
There are two things that I always remember when opening ecards in my email:
1. The ecard should come from someone I know or else, the card comes from a spammer.
2. If the ecard appears in my spam box, it is likely that the email contains links that will likely download malwares in my computer.
Yesterday, I spotted one email in my spam box with the subject “Someone sent you an Ecard.” The message says: More»
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Remove get_flash_update.exe downloaded from CNN Daily Top 10 Spam
Some people who have received the CNN daily top ten email spam have unknowingly downloaded the trojan get_flash_update.exe file. If you are among these people, your anti malware software may identify the threat as Win32:Trojan-gen (Avast); Trojan.Erotpics (Symantec); TrojanDropper:Win32/Nuwar (Microsoft); BackDoor-DNM (McAfee) and I-Worm/Nuwar.W (AVG).
Once the get flash update exe is installed in your PC, it will download a malware that will cause pop out messages appearing in your screen telling you that a spyware is detected in your computer. The CNN Daily Top ten malware will install Antivirus XP 2008, a rogue anti-spyware program that displays deceptive computer security risk messages in your computer and tells you to remove the security risk with a software. (Please read more about the virus alert in system tray xp homes here: AVXP08.com offers fake antivirus software?).
If you wonder about how to remove the get_flash_update.exe file that you have downloaded through the CNN daily top ten malware pack, this is how you can remove the CNN Daily Top 10 malware: More»
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