Grum worm poses as IE7 bet

Written on March 30, 2007 – 12:38 pm | by GoogleBot |

Spamvertised malware spreading fast

Hackers are trying to trick prospective marks into loading malware that poses as a “beta” version of Internet Explorer 7.

Widely circulated emails, which pose as messages from admin@microsoft.com and feature subject lines such as “Internet Explorer 7 Downloads”, display an image which invites gullible users to download beta 2 of Internet Explorer 7. Users who click on the authentic-looking image download a file called ie7.0.exe infected by the Grum-A worm.

Full article: The Register

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