Using a current headline story as bait, virus authors are seeking to lure the gullible into falling into their trap.
“What makes this exceptional is the timely nature of the attack,” Mikko Hypponen, head of research at Finnish data security firm F-Secure, told Reuters.
Hypponen said thousands of computers, most in private use, had been affected.
He said most users would not notice the malware, or trojan, which creates a back door to the computer that can be exploited later to steal data or to use the computer to post spam.
Source: Fox News
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