24 August 2006
Trojan uses your money to install on your computer
There's another trojan horse that is on the loose. This one has been reported by SophosLabs and is said to come in a spam email claiming that your credit card has been charged £125. This trojan named Troj/Dloadr-AMA comes in a file called paycheck.zip and when the executable in this zip file is run the trojan is installed. Of course like most malicious software this begins downloading more malicious software to your computer.
While this trojan tries to get users upset enough to not be so cautious and install it without thinking, people should still try to be calm when reading their messages.
When users are reading spam and messages such as this one, they should always first think if something seems strange about this message. Why would a company be emailing you in this situation? Wouldn't they just call? If you have some message like this that you think might be true, but it's not your bank sending it, maybe you should contact your bank to see if they have any record of such an charge.
Secondly, when you see a message that seems to good to be true, it is. There are no such deals. In the lucrative world of spam and malicious sites and software, the most interesting or shocking messages get the most people to run it or go to the site and give their personal information.
And my last tip for email. Don't trust anything. You wouldn't let just anyone into your house. We've all heard of the person who claims to be from some utility or other company who gains access into your house and then robs your house. Well, consider strangers in email exactly like you would at your front door. It will keep you a lot safer.
While this trojan tries to get users upset enough to not be so cautious and install it without thinking, people should still try to be calm when reading their messages.
When users are reading spam and messages such as this one, they should always first think if something seems strange about this message. Why would a company be emailing you in this situation? Wouldn't they just call? If you have some message like this that you think might be true, but it's not your bank sending it, maybe you should contact your bank to see if they have any record of such an charge.
Secondly, when you see a message that seems to good to be true, it is. There are no such deals. In the lucrative world of spam and malicious sites and software, the most interesting or shocking messages get the most people to run it or go to the site and give their personal information.
And my last tip for email. Don't trust anything. You wouldn't let just anyone into your house. We've all heard of the person who claims to be from some utility or other company who gains access into your house and then robs your house. Well, consider strangers in email exactly like you would at your front door. It will keep you a lot safer.
Labels: email, safety, spam, trojan
