Topic: Anti-spyware email spreads Trojan

[Clive]

An email claiming to be from an anti-spyware company is being used to spread a new Trojan-downloader.

According to BlackSpider Technologies, the email claims to be from the customer service department of a legitimate anti-spyware company, in this case SpysoftCentral.

The text of the mail confirms subscription to one of its products and the deduction of £79.39 from the recipient's credit card account.

The email claims that the attachment contains the detailed invoice ? but when the attachment is opened, however, Trojan-Downloader.Bancos is downloaded.

The Trojan can then be used to download new malware on to the PC.

James Kay from BlackSpider Technologies said: ?This is not the first time virus writers have used PC users' anxiety over spyware to entice them to open a malicious attachment. As far as social engineering goes, I wouldn't be surprised at all if lots of people were duped by this ploy.?


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