Fake Windows Support Spam Brings Forth An Info-stealer


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Mar9. 2009

by Maydalene Salvador (Anti-spam Research Engineer)

img {max-width:650px;width: expression(this.width > 650 ? 650: true);border-style:none; } This is probably the type of support one wouldn’t want to have.

Spammed email messages were found pretending to come from Microsoft Windows Support and claiming that Microsoft Service Pack 1 and Service Pack 2 have been discovered to have an error that can damage the computer’s software or even the hardware.

These messages encourage users to download and install a file in order to fix the problem. When users click the download button they are redirected to a site and are asked to download a file which Trend Micro detects as TROJ_DLOADER.CUT.

Trendmicro for article & screenshots - http://blog.trendmicro.com/

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