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Trojan Poses As Hillary Clinton
David Utter
Staff Writer
2008-02-15
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A purported link to a Hillary Clinton interview video leads to a malicious download, through a Google redirection link.
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When we first heard the words "Hillary Clinton video" and "malicious download," we assumed it was a piece from a Fox News segment, maybe a teaser for the next episode of O'Reilly.
Security vendor Symantec said it is a legitimate computer threat being sent out in spam to unsuspecting recipients. As we have seen in other instances, the spammers are using a Google URL to make the link look safe.
It is not, and clicking it pulls in a Trojan downloader to the PC, one that an up to date antivirus engine should catch.
As always, people are cautioned not to blithely click on links in email. Any gem of political news arriving by spam can be confirmed easily through any major search site. If there is a new Clinton interview video in circulation, it's certain to have gained attention from supporters, and possibly from detractors if it makes her look bad.
In an election year, coupled with spammers who like to play on current events with their messages, people need to realize this gambit will happen many times through 2008. It's not just the competition between rival candidates that gets toxic online, so be careful.
About the Author:
David Utter is a business and technology writer for SecurityProNews and WebProNews.
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