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| » 07 June 2010 |
| New spam masquerades as Twitter-related mail |
A new kind of spam mail was discovered by the security experts and they decided to spread words of warning to the online users immediately. The said malicious spam was found to have been using the micro-blogging service Twitter with the intention of installing a fake antivirus program into the computer system of an individual.
Cover-up has been quite successful
The spam message, which is sent via webmail, is created in such a way that it appears to resemble the Password Reset Notification message from the popular social network. This was uncovered by the security firm Websense Security Labs ThreatSeeker Network.
The security firm also informed the public that included in the spam mail is a link that will lead a person to an affected website. The malicious process begins when the user clicks or pastes the link into the address bar of the browser. The next thing that one will expect to happen is that he or she will be asked to download a certain suspicious executable file labeled as “password.exe”.
Bogus anti-virus is used as a vehicle for danger
The downloadable file was identified as a fake antivirus program, which is named as “Protection Center Safebrowser”. This phony software was designed in a way that it will look as if it is an authentic antivirus program. And, it will seem to be more convincing once it shows a message that the counterfeited software detected a malicious file on the user’s desktop.
Realistic approach increases the number of victims
As said by the senior research manager of the Websense Security Labs Carl Leonard, this new fake antivirus tactic is very unique compared to the others of the same nature because the security experts have observed that the malicious files installed within the system are actually presented on the desktop. Hence, the users will end up believing that the attack notifications are actually genuine.
Leonard also added that there is a great need to generate a wider scope of protection so as to diminish the attacks that are brought about by the online crooks today. As of the latest on the security firm’s record, there are about 55,000 reported cases of the malicious spam sent thru the e-mail.
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