Phishers Catch the 'Swine Flu Fever'
Category: Bugs / VirusPosted: April 30, 2009 02:24AM
Author: premiumgfx
Phishers never cease to stop creating new illegal scams, and today is no different. According to reports, Phishers are now using Swine Flu related material as part of their email scams to lure worried folk. The emails typically contain a subject header related to the recent global swine flu outbreak with an accompanied malicious website link or PDF document. The swine flu related spam has accounted for an estimated 4% of worldwide spam at its peak over the last few days according to Cisco IronPort. It seems that these days Phishers will try to exploit people in any and every way possible. To avoid becoming a victim, the best advice is to keep your anti-virus software up to date and to never open any suspicious looking sites or attatchments.
