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Fake Tsunami Plea Email Spreads Virus


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Fake Tsunami Plea Spreads Virus

Hackers use "Tsunami donation! Please help!"

in subject line to infect computers with worm.

January 17, 2005: 14:00hrs GMT

FRANKFURT, Germany (Reuters) - A mass e-mail posing as a plea for aid to help the victims of last month's Asian tsunami disaster is actually a vehicle for spreading a computer virus, Web security firm Sophos said Monday.

The worm appears with the subject line: "Tsunami donation! Please help!" and invites recipients to open an attachment called "tsunami.exe" -- which, if opened, will forward the virus to other Internet users.

The worm can also initiate a denial-of-service attack.

It is recommended you delete this email.

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