Virus: "Obama Acceptance Speech" or "Amazing Speech by Obama"
REAL VIRUS专科
Examples:
[Collected via e-mail, November, 2008]
It has recently been brought to our attention that some scam emails are being propagated with a subject line of any of the following. Please do not open any of these messages, simply delete them.
McCane dies of heart attack
Amazing speech by Obama
Election Center 2008: Primary Results
World Welcomes Obama's Win
Barack Obama in Danger - McCain will fight for president post
These email messages may appear to be from legitimate news sources, and will try to lure you into clicking on a link that will direct you to a malicious web site, or opening an infected video clip or attachment.
[Collected via e-mail, December, 2008]
This email came from a source at the Secret Service, so please be aware of any mails with the subject line below.
THERE IS AN EMAIL WITH SUBJECT LINE OBAMA ACCEPTANCE SPEECH FLOATING AROUND WITH A TROJAN HORSE ATTACHMENT.
DO NOT OPEN FOR ANY REASON. DELETE IMMEDIATELY.
THE TROJAN STEALS ALL PASSWORDS AND USER IDS.
SPREAD THE WORD.
Do not open ("Obama Acceptance Speech").
Origins: Messages purporting to offer links to news sites or videos with information about a current news event of great importance have long been used as successful virus lures, and the U.S. presidential election of November 2008 offered another prime opportunity for a renewed flood of malware-spreading spam. Carrying subject lines advertising news such as the following, this crop of messages appeared to originate with legitimate news sources and offered recipients links to view a video of President-Elect Barack Obama's post-election speech:
The enclosed video links direct recipients to a malicious web site that tries to trick users into downloading a file (Adobe_flash9.exe) purportedly offering an updated version of Adobe Flash but actually harboring password-stealing malware.
Last updated: 5 January 2009
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