ignacio
Nov 25, 2005, 10:54 AM
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I don't know if this is the correct way to post this warning, but here it is, if not allowed, may the person in charge delete it.
PC worm poses as FBI, CIA e-mail
DO NOT OPEN ATTACHMENT, AGENCIES WARN
By Arshad Mohammed and Brian Krebs
Washington Post
WASHINGTON - It's being called the worst computer worm of the year -- a fast-spreading Internet threat that looks like an official e-mail from the CIA or FBI but can leave your computer wide open to intruders.
The bogus e-mail claims the government has discovered you visiting ``illegal'' Web sites and asks you to open an attachment to answer some official questions. If you do, your computer gets infected with ``malware'' that can disable security and firewall programs and blast out similar e-mails to contacts in your address book. It can also keep you from getting to computer-security Web sites that might help fix the problem, and it may open your Windows computer to intruders who can steal your personal data.
The worm -- named ``Sober X'' -- has spread so far so fast that the CIA and the FBI put prominent warnings on their Web sites making clear that they did not send out the e-mail and urging people to not open the attachment.
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