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Trojan horse spammed in Slobodan Milosevic murder emails, reports SophosExperts at SophosLabs, Sophos's global network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centres, are warning computer users to beware of emails claiming to contain evidence that Slobodan Milosevic was killed. The emails really contain a malicious Trojan horse that attempts to lower the security on infected computers.

Email messages containing the Dropper-FB Trojan horse have been spammed out claiming to have photographic evidence about how Milosevic, who was found dead in his cell in the Netherlands on Saturday, died.

A typical message reads as follows:

Subject line: Slobodan Milosevic was killed

Attached file: picture.scr

Message body:
The real evidence in attached photo.
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Scanned by Kaspercky Antivirus
Status: clean

"Newspapers and internet message boards are full of conspiracy theories as to how Slobodan Milosevic may have met his end, and this Trojan horse exploits interest in the breaking news story in an attempt to fool people into infection," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. "Hackers are taking advantage of the public's morbid curiosity and appetite for breaking news in their desire to infect and compromise computers."

Slobodan Milosevic is the latest in a long line of public figures to be used as bait by malware authors and hackers. Politicians such as Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, Saddam Hussein, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Clinton, George W Bush and PW Botha have been have been used in the past. Furthermore, the promise of glimpses of glamorous pin-ups like Halle Berry, Anna Kournikova, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears or the stars of 'Sex and the City' have previously been used to help viruses spread.

Sophos continues to recommend that computer users practise safe computing as well as running up-to-date anti-virus software.

For more information, visit:
http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2006/03/slobodan.html

Graham Cluley is available for comment on +44 ( 0 ) 1235 544114 or +44( 0 ) 7990 552181.

Press contacts
Tom Kirkham, Eilidh Beaton or Natalie Shamshoum
Johnson King PR
Tel: 020 7357 7799
Email: sophosteam@johnsonking.co.uk

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