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Future Tech
A new outbreak of spam claims to be a critical update for Microsoft Outlook, but the message really aims to infect users with the information-stealing trojan ZBot.
The message reads: “This update is critical and provides you with the latest version of Microsoft Outlook/Outlook Express and offers the highest levels of stability and security.” The email instructs users to visit the “Microsoft Update Center,” but when attempting to follow the link, they download a trojan known as “ZBot” or “Zeus”.
Upon execution, ZBot copies itself onto a users computer and creates two files -- one is an encrypted file that is downloaded from a remote server and contains commands from the botnet master. The commands contain a list of targeted banking institutions, social networks and other sites for the trojan to monitor, including Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, Bank of America and Wachovia, etc...
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