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New virus being sent out through emails

 
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kcmack
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 1:11 am    Post subject: New virus being sent out through emails Reply with quote
Hey guys, figured I would pass on some news I heard today about a nasty virus that is going around. The company I work for got notices about it from both McAfee and Microsoft. Apparently it comes in a email as a link to a website posing as a PDF document. When you click on the link the virus installs itself them replicates through your email sending itself out to your contact list and installing a data miner for passwords and such. Right now there is no known removal tool and antivirus won't pick it up. Just make sure if you get a email with a weblink for a PDF you might check with the person before clicking on it.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 3:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote


Linux user, so I pretty safe... for now. Its incredible that people actually put in the time and effort to create these 'exploits' ... Bastards -.-

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 1:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Appreciate the heads up Mike. I'll keep an eye out for it.
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