KingFish
13 Oct 2004, 7:48pm
Virus writers are trading on interest in David Beckham to distribute their malicious wares.
Messages are circulating widely that purport to have evidence of the England captain in a compromising position. But anyone visiting the website mentioned in the message will not see pictures of Mr Beckham but will have their computer infected by a virus. The pernicious program opens a backdoor on a computer so it can be controlled remotely by malicious hackers.
Source: BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3739092.stm)
Messages are circulating widely that purport to have evidence of the England captain in a compromising position. But anyone visiting the website mentioned in the message will not see pictures of Mr Beckham but will have their computer infected by a virus. The pernicious program opens a backdoor on a computer so it can be controlled remotely by malicious hackers.
Source: BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3739092.stm)