IE7 used as phishing lure

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Oct 19, 2006

Spam campaign tries to hook users with new browser version.

A spam campaign has been spotted using the latest version of Microsoft's web browser, Internet Explorer 7, as bait.

The spammed mails contain spoofed sender information trying to fool recipients into believing they originate from Microsoft tech support, and offer free downloads of the latest beta version of the browser.

However, when links in the mails are followed to a convincing spoof of a Microsfot download site, a version of the Win32/Small trojan is installed to vulnerable machines using drive-by download exploits. The trojan then proceeds to open backdoors, giving remote attackers access to the infected machine.

An advisory from Surfcontrol can be found here.

Posted on 19 October 2006 by Virus Bulletin

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