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News Article: Obama Sex Video Serves Up Malware

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Ehtyar:
Emails are circulating attempting to fleece the reader into watching a hoax home-sex video, only to infect their PC with malware.




Cyber crooks are trying to cash in on fascination with the US presidential race by sending trick email promising a sex video starring candidate Barack Obama, says Sophos, a computer security firm.

Email recipients gullible enough to click on an enclosed link get to see a seemingly homemade sex video that doesn't feature the presidential contender but does secretly install malicious software on people's computers.

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jgpaiva:
 ;D Well, I'd say this isn't very original, just by checking my spam section in gmail, I could get a few of thses, but promising "britney spears sex", "angelina jolie nude" and even nude pictures of myself!  ;D ;D
Honestly, these days, I'm not even sure if someone who is stupid enough to open one of those emails from someone who he doesn't know should have a computer at all..

Stoic Joker:
I'm not even sure if someone who is stupid enough to open one of those emails from someone who he doesn't know should have a computer at all..
-jgpaiva (September 14, 2008, 05:56 AM)
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100% Correct! You can not protect people from themselves, and attempting to do so only forces the rest of us to suffer. The information super-highway (like the interstate highway) simply requires that one drives their carputer defensively.

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