Hackers Taking Advantage of Death of Michael Jackson

Category: Bugs / Virus
Posted: June 27, 2009 07:56AM
Author: CheeseMan42

Within minutes of the announcement of his death, internet users with malicious intent were trying to take advantage of people who wanted more information. The attacks originated mostly from e-mail, which some people apparently still open and download from without knowing the sender. One of the scams promised breaking news, but really just confirmed the user to be signed up for spam. Another contained an embedded video that when launched would run several malicious programs in the background. Another site downloaded a virus to the users computer that would stop any program before Windows was able to launch it.

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