Don't Click On Saddam Attachments

[Humpty]

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In a non-surprising move, malware writers are trying to exploit the publicity around the hanging of Saddam Hussein to their own advantage.

 

So far we've seen three different examples of malware using Saddam-related themes.

 

These are now detected as W32/Banload.BSW, W32/Banload.BSX and Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Delf.acc.

 

Two of these try to disguise their actions by opening up a YouTube page with the Portuguese search keyword "enforcado" (execution). More information is available in our descriptions: Banload.BSX, Banload.BSW and Delf.acc.

 

F-Secure article

[Eldmannen]

Or better yet, "Don't click on any e-mail attachments at all".

 

Never open attachments from people you don't know or people not on your contact list.

Never open the attachment if its executable eg (.exe, .bat, .cmd, .vbs, .com, .scr, .pif, etc).

Beware of attachments named "picture.jpg.exe" instead of "picture.jpg", etc.

Always scan the attachments for virus.