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Doc
Keeper of the Scrolls
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Hackers Use Jackson Suicide Rumor to Spread Virus
AMSTERDAM, June 10 (June 10) - Emails claiming pop star Michael Jackson, on trial on sex abuse charges, has tried to kill himself are being spread by hackers as a means to break into computers, a British anti-virus firm said on Friday.
The hackers have sent emails with the subject "Re: Suicidal attempt" and the message text: "Last night, while in his Neverland Ranch, Michael Jackson has made a suicidal attempt", said security software specialists at Sophos.
Jackson is awaiting a California court verdict on charges of child molestation.
The email asks recipients to click on a link that takes them to a website which secretly installs malicious code on their computers.
"If you click on the link, the website displays a message saying it is too busy, which may not surprise people who think it might contain genuine breaking news about Michael Jackson," said Carole Theriault, security consultant at Sophos.
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Stanley
Local Historian & Old Fart
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Posted - 11/06/2005 : 05:40
I'm pleased to say that this is one scam that I would never fall for.....
Stanley Challenger Graham
Barlick View
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Marcia
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Posted - 13/06/2005 : 10:06
me either. I haven't the remotest interest in what MJ gets up to.
- Marcia Allass
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Ringo
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Posted - 05/09/2005 : 22:49
Computer users are being urged to be on guard for a bogus e-mail that pretends to offer news updates about Hurricane Katrina as a means to infect their PCs.
The malicious e-mail gives a brief news bulletin on the disaster before urging people to click "read more" and be taken to the full story on a website.
Yet once on the website, a reader's computer will receive a virus.
People are also being told to watch out for fraudulent e-mail scams pretending to raise cash for Katrina victims.
The separate virus and fake donations bogus e-mails have been discovered by computer security firms SophosLabs and Websense Security Labs.
They are similar to previous fraudulent e-mails connected to last year's Indian Ocean Tsunami.
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Stanley
Local Historian & Old Fart
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Posted - 06/09/2005 : 05:57
It can't be said too often, Load Cleanup! and Spybot search and destroy, update them and use them regularly. Even a good updated virus protection programme like mcafee can miss the odd one.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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