E-mail scam could infect PCs

Once users link from the e-mail to a bogus Web site their computers will be infected by a "Trojan horse" program that allows hackers to control their PCs, anti-virus software maker Sophos said Friday. The scam e-mail claims to come from "Windows Update," with subject lines such a...

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Published inKnight Ridder Tribune Business News p. 1
Main Author Lee, Dan
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Tribune Content Agency LLC 09.04.2005
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Anti-virus software
Computer viruses
Electronic mail systems
Software upgrading
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Summary:Once users link from the e-mail to a bogus Web site their computers will be infected by a "Trojan horse" program that allows hackers to control their PCs, anti-virus software maker Sophos said Friday. The scam e-mail claims to come from "Windows Update," with subject lines such as "Update your windows machine," "Urgent Windows Update" and "Important Windows Update," Sophos said. The message has a link to a Web site that claims to be operated by Microsoft but is actually used to download the malicious software to the victim's computer. Users who try to download software from the scam Web site would have their computers infected with a piece of Trojan virus named "Troj/DSNX-05," which leaves a "backdoor" program giving hackers remote control of the computer.