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Fake Jacko Suicide Spam Hides Trojan Horse

Sharon Gaudin writes on eSecurityPlanet.com:

A new spam campaign is claiming that Michael Jackson has attempted suicide in an effort to trick users into downloading a Trojan horse.

The message in the spam reads: ''Last night, while in his Neverland Ranch, Michael Jackson has made a suicidal attempt... They suggest this attempt follows the last claim was made against the king of pop. 46 years old Michael has left pre-suicid note which describes and interpretes some of his sins.''

If users click on a link in the email, they are taken to a Web site that secretly downloads malicious code onto their machine, according to analysts from Sophos, Inc., an anti-virus and anti-spam company with U.S. headquarters in Lynnfield, Mass.

posted by Fergie @ 6/09/2005 01:43:00 PM