Warning: Osama Virus
This is no joke. It's been checked out on snopes.com. Thanks to John
Harris for sending this warning...
At last we have a virus/Trojan-horse warning that is REAL according to
snopes.com and MaAfee Security.
Mon, 11 Jul 2005 12:37:44 -0700
From: Richard Bradshaw
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Warning
Emails
with pictures of Osama Bin-Laden hanged are being sent and the moment
that you open these emails your computer will crash and you will not be
able to fix it! This e-mail is being distributed through
countries around the globe, but mainly in the US and Israel.Confirmed
at:
http://mail.cumulus9.net:8100/Redirect/www.snopescom
/computer/virus/osama.asp
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/osama.asp
Origins:
There are few headlines that would grab the attention of more computer
users around the world than "Osama bin Laden Captured," and that's
exactly what whoever created this lure was counting on to snare
unsuspecting victims who use Microsoft platforms.
"Osama bin
Laden Captured" isn't a virus in itself; it's the text of a message
that includes a link to a file called EXPLOIT.EXE. When a message
recipient clicks on this link to view what he thinks are pictures of
Osama bin Laden's capture, he can end up downloading an executable
Trojan known as Backdoor-AZU, BKDR_LARSLP.A, Download.Trojan,
TrojanProxy.Win32.Small.b,or Win32.Slarp.<>Clicking the embedded
link in the "Osama bin Laden Captured" message auto-executes a file
called "EXPLOIT.EXE," which exploits a known security hole to download
the Trojan.
