Pirates of The Caribbean fake e-mail

**Glaswegian** · 05-28-2007, 02:12 PM

Computer security researchers at SophosLabs™ are warning computer users about a widely-spammed out email teaser promising a trailer of the film "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" - and the chance of free tickets if you are in North America or Europe.

http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/ne...?_log_from=rss

tetonbob · 05-28-2007, 02:21 PM

Thanks, Iain -

To add to that....

The Trojan arrives in an email with either a blank subject line or one of the following:

“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End — The Official Trailer”
“Pirates of the Caribbean 3″

http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/trojyara.html

Be Careful out there, please!

05-28-2007, 02:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
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05-28-2007, 02:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
tetonbob Manager, Security Center, TSF Academy; Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Transylvania County, North Carolina, USA Posts: 35,524 OS: 2000 Pro; XP Pro; XP Home	Re: Pirates of The Caribbean fake e-mail Thanks, Iain - To add to that.... The Trojan arrives in an email with either a blank subject line or one of the following: “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End — The Official Trailer” “Pirates of the Caribbean 3″ http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/trojyara.html Be Careful out there, please! __________________ Practice Safe Surfing PC Safety and Security--What Do I Need? Because what you don't know, CAN hurt you. Proud Member of ASAP since 2005 Proud Member of UNITE since 2006 Microsoft MVP - Consumer Security 2009