Aug 07 2008
CNN.com Daily Top 10 - Virus Alert!
Recently I wrote about the “UPS, FedEx, and US Customs Email Virus” today I want to tell you about the CNN.Com Daily Top 10 email going out. I’m seeing this from allot of different sources and it is pretty heavy out in the wild. I’m sure you have probably already seen it somewhere. The interesting points of this one, the virus payload is not in the email but from the links in the email. This allows it to by pass most virus scanners. It is NOT From: user@cnn.com but from a randomly generated or infected users email address. The links in the email take you to sites, not cnn.com, that want to show you a video but says you have the wrong flash player installed. Other points:
- The URL’s are not cnn.com
- The writing is poor (even worst then mine)
- It ask you to install Flash Player 0
- The ActiveX installer does not seem like a standard ActiveX installer
- It is not digitally signed.
CNN Daily Top 10
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August 8th, 2008 at 10:32 am
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