Spammers and malware distributors are trying to take advantage of the death of Michael Jackson by sending out email campaigns with subject and/or body related to Michael Jackson while malware distributors try to infect computers by offering a URL to a site that offers a video of the death of the “King of pop”. Here [...]
Postcard greetings leads to site that hosts malware
MX Lab intercepted a few samples a new postcard greeting email with the subject “You received a new greeting!!”.
The body of the email:
You have just received a postcard Greeting from someone who cares about you…
Just click here to receive your Animated Greeting !
Thank you for using www.Greetings.com services !!!
Please take this opportunity to [...]
Set up notification from The Bat
Emails with the subject “TheBat Setup Notification” or “Outlook Express Setup Notification” have malware attached in the form of a zip file named client_update.zip. The malware is the extracted file client_update.exe and is the trojan Mal/WaledPak-A (Sophos), W32/Trojan3.AYA (F-Prot), Trojan-Downloader.Win32.FraudLoad.epb (Kaspersky) or Win32/TrojanDownloader.Small.OPX (Norman).
The content of the email:
You have (9) message from TheBat.
Please re-configure your [...]
Important Microsoft Security Update by email is malware
We all know by now, I do hope so, that Microsoft distributes it’s updates throught their automated updated feature inside the Windows OS or by the Windows Update web site available in the Start menu. If you receive an email from Microsoft regarding an important security update that contains a link to some executable you [...]
Phishing PayPal email includes web form
One of the latest phishing emails with the subject “PayPal Forma ID PP697″ caught our attention because of the fact that it included a complete HTML form inside the email. The phishing is regarding a refund request and the amount would be transferred to your credit card within 5 or 7 days.
The form seduces you to [...]
World Business Guide is using misleading marketing trick
Today, MX Lab received an email regarding the “World BusinessGuide” directory. At first there seems nothing wrong with the mailing but when looking further there are some points that need your attention.
The messages is from “World Business Register” with different email addresses in use:
info@easyhomecorporation.com
info@easycitycorporation.com
info@bigorganization4you.com
www@companyregpro.net
www@companyregstore.net
www@easycompregonline.com
www@bestcompregpro.com
The subject is “Business Registration 2009/2010″. The body of the email:
Ladies and [...]
