Peaches Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 Warning About Spam Fake, Not from Facebook Earlier this week, we received fake email messages that purportedly came from Facebook. These spammed messages, written in very bad English, warned users that their IP addresses were sending numerous spammed messages to different email addresses. The spammed message also says that Facebook thoughtfully provided a freeware tool to stop the user from spamming others. Opening the tool, which the message calls FB IPsecure, Unsurprisingly, however, the tool is actually a malicious file. It is a ZeuS variant Trend Micro detects as TSPY_ZBOT.XXT. Given that malicious attachments are a favored way of spreading ZeuS variants, this isn’t really new. In terms of behavior, nothing separates this particular variant from others that are in the wild today. Read more plus screenshots - http://blog.trendmicro.com/warning-about-spam-fake-not-from-facebook/#more-30425 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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