January 17, 200521 yr 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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