Windows Vista update through malware Flash swf file
August 27, 2008 1 Comment
An email with the subject “RE: ® Official Update 2008!” is trying to attract your attention to a new Windows XP/Vista update. The email message contains a large title “Free Update Windows XP, Vista” with an URL.
Following the link leads to an hosted .swf file, a Flash animation, that is hosted at imageshack.us.
The file itself is of course malware so be aware not to follow the link, download or execute the install.exe file.
Hi
I have received this email twice now and like an idiot I clicked on the link thinking it was genuine. Luckily I use Microsoft onecare and it immediately recognised it as a Trogeon and blocked it and did a scan where it found something else and deleted it. So luckily I am fine. But there seems to be very little on the Net about this. Your blog is just about the only thing.