I usually do not send these kinds of emails. But I thought this will be very
useful since I was informed of this directly by Norton Anti-Virus company.
Here is the latest threat to computers as informed by Norton Anti-Virus
company.
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In order to ensure you are informed of the latest online threats, we wanted
to alert you that Symantec Security Response raised the risk level of
Trojan.Peacomm from a category 2 out of 5, to a
<http://nortonmail.symantec.com/ct/ct.php?t=443178&c=713361894&m=m&type=1&h=
E373ECED4D1F1A1F6268381336EC60D9> category 3 threat, due to the speed and
volume in which it is being aggressively spammed across the Internet. The
Trojan, which was first spotted January 17, 2007 has been raised to a higher
category following a sustained increase in new versions of the attack which
appeared over the weekend as the malware author responded to improvements in
protection made by security companies by adjusting his tactics.
Trojan.Peacomm is one of a number of spamming Trojan horse programs Symantec
has seen lately that appear to originate from Russia and are clearly aimed
at making money for the author by pumping up penny stocks. The victim is
enticed through social engineering techniques to open an attachment, which
typically appears to be a video clip on a recent, newsworthy event.
The trojan horse arrives as an attachment to an email purporting to contain
a video of one of several different recent news stories. The email itself
will have no message body, but will have one of several subject lines such
as "A killer at 11, he's free at 21 and kill again!," "Fidel Castro Dead,"
"Re: Your Text." For a complete list of subject lines, please
<http://nortonmail.symantec.com/ct/ct.php?t=443179&c=713361894&m=m&type=1&h=
E373ECED4D1F1A1F6268381336EC60D9> click here.
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Well. So the simple thing to do. DO NOT OPEN ANY ATTACHMENT REGARDLESS OF
WHO IT COMES FROM unless you really really trust the person who sent that to
you.
Sincerely
Jos Tharakan
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