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Computer virus exploits Ebola fears

Using fear of the Ebola epidemic as bait, cybercriminals disguised Trojan viruses as attached documents in e-mails headlined “Ebola Outbreak Now WORSE Than We’re Being Told” or “EBOLA Outbreak — FEMA Storing 250,000 Plastic Coffins.” The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team issued an warning about these campaigns last week and recommended Internet users avoid clicking on downloading attachments from the spam e-mails. In 2003, amid the SARS epidemic, an e-mail worm called Coronex targeted unsuspecting Microsoft Outlook users exploiting the same tactics.

 

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