Unhappy New Year

ronjor · Dec 31, 2010

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31 Dec 2010 1:40 PM

Malware authors don’t miss any major event in their attempts to spread malware. Evidently, they see the upcoming New Year as yet another opportunity to get their creations into unsuspecting users' computers. We have already seen signs of malware misusing this happy event. In most cases, these are spammed emails that look like legitimate “Happy New Year” messages or “New Year”-themed greetings.

Here is a recent example:
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Cudni · Dec 31, 2010

They (malware creators and peddlers) really don't care what the occasion is, good, bad, sad, happy as long as they can trick people somehow.

safeguy · Jan 5, 2011

It seems to me like their New Year aspiration is to spread more malware. Come on all of you malware authors out there (if you're reading this), TAKE A BREAK for goodness sake.

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