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Malicious Trojan Poses As McAfee Alert

Well, it appears that what was old is new again, again. There is a new
trojan that is making the rounds into your inboxes posing as a McAfee
alert. A trojan horse for the trojan horse. Sigh.

Kaspersky Labs described the mass mailing as
“unusual” because the messages attempt to spoof the email address
mcafee@europe.com.

The Lafool.v infection is hidden in a Word document called ‘McAfee Inc.
Reports.doc’. The file is 80,635 bytes in size, and allegedly contains a
report about the propagation of malicious programs on the internet.

This virus is merely a VB macro that swipes the infected
users IM information and various other bits of important confidential
data. Be sure to check that your anti-virus signatures are up to date.

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