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Trojan Poses As Bogus Ie7 Download

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Posted 18 October 2006 - 02:41 PM

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If you get an email from support@microsoft.com with a link to Internet Explorer 7 Release Candidate 1, don't go there: A trojan downloader will get installed and set up a backdoor into your computer. The spoofed message's link takes you to a site that looks convincingly similar to a Microsoft page...
darkreading.com

Related info here:
http://www.theregister.com/2006/10/18/hack...s_ie7_download/
http://www.surfcontrol.com/ViewHandler.asp...521&mid=161

This post has been edited by quietman7: 18 October 2006 - 02:50 PM

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