AplusWebMaster
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FYI…
- http://www.theregister.com/2006/10/18/hack…s_ie7_download/
18 October 2006
"Hackers have created a bogus Internet Explorer 7 download site that attempts to load Trojan code onto the PCs of visiting surfers. Traffic to the malicious website is being driven by a spoofed email message, claiming to be from support @ microsoft.com, offering a link to download Release Candidate 1 (RC1) of Microsoft Internet Explorer 7. Prospective marks visit a spoof website that looks similar to Microsoft's legitimate download page for IE 7 RC1. But instead of all that Microsoft goodness, surfers visit a site loaded with Trojan downloader codes which attempt to exploit browser vulnerabilities to download malware onto their machines…"
> http://www.surfcontrol.com/ViewHandler.asp…521&mid=161
October 17, 2006
"…Spoofed e-mail message claiming to be from Microsoft. The e-mail appears to come from support @ microsoft.com, and offers recipients a link to download Release Candidate 1 of Microsoft Internet Explorer 7…"
- http://www.theregister.com/2006/10/18/hack…s_ie7_download/
18 October 2006
"Hackers have created a bogus Internet Explorer 7 download site that attempts to load Trojan code onto the PCs of visiting surfers. Traffic to the malicious website is being driven by a spoofed email message, claiming to be from support @ microsoft.com, offering a link to download Release Candidate 1 (RC1) of Microsoft Internet Explorer 7. Prospective marks visit a spoof website that looks similar to Microsoft's legitimate download page for IE 7 RC1. But instead of all that Microsoft goodness, surfers visit a site loaded with Trojan downloader codes which attempt to exploit browser vulnerabilities to download malware onto their machines…"
> http://www.surfcontrol.com/ViewHandler.asp…521&mid=161
October 17, 2006
"…Spoofed e-mail message claiming to be from Microsoft. The e-mail appears to come from support @ microsoft.com, and offers recipients a link to download Release Candidate 1 of Microsoft Internet Explorer 7…"