posted on July 25, 2004 09:45:36 AM new
Do NOT open the attachments of any email you get that purports to have pictures of Osama bin Laden's "suicide"!!!
A virus purporting to show images of Osama Bin Laden's suicide has been unleashed onto the internet, security experts are warning.
The virus was attached to a message posted on thousands of Usenet newsgroups, security firm Sophos said.
The message is designed to entice recipients to open a file that unleashes malicious software code.
The founder of al-Qaeda is blamed for a string of attacks, including those of 11 September 2001.
The message claims that Bin Laden's hanged body was found by journalists with TV news channel CNN, and point to a website where a file of images can be downloaded.
But the file contains a Trojan horse program which can secretly install code to enable attackers to gain remote control of a computer, Sophos said.
The hacker has focused on the public's morbid curiosity and appetite for news on the war against terror
Security expert
"It seems this time that the hacker has focused on the public's morbid curiosity and appetite for news on the war against terror."
Another analyst at Sophos said the virus had appeared on the web before, but the virus writer had apparently repackaged it.
Experts advise computer owners to ensure they have up-to-date anti-virus software.
posted on July 25, 2004 10:11:23 AM new
Thanks Bunni!
There was another one going around last week, too. I didnt post about it because I assumed everyone was warned by their ISP? Mine usually comes up with it on the home page.
posted on July 25, 2004 06:16:13 PM new
I just opened one, NO PROBLEMS HERE!!
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Beware the man of one book.
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posted on July 25, 2004 07:30:26 PM new
It's not the email, but the attachments that contain the virus.
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We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. -- John F. Kennedy
