[Donna]

Today's malware SPAM will try to trick users to download the latest version or update for Internet Explorer 7. The email spoofs Microsoft email address as admin @ microsoft.com

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Preview:



Many malware scanners will detect the update.exe:



http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/d773e1c...ea4add838f88a3d

Remember to always download your updates to the vendor or author's website and always investigate an email if you are unsure if the sender is legitimate or not.

[Donna]

Another one that is in the wild is offering ie7.0.exe but only 2 will find it as malware

http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/363481d...137ab901f9b8758

[johngalt]

I've seen both on my honeypot email address already....

[Donna]

It's getting wild.. the mail box is full with the above email. Hope users will not click on it hoping to install an update for IE7.

[johngalt]

I've gotten a few of these, maybe up to 20 or so...but my honeypot server is down today, so I may have more.

The CNN one I have already received well over 50 - minimum of 8 per day on one account alone, plus I cleaned out the GMail spam folders on both accounts and saw another 10 or so there....and that one was hitting my honeypot email at a minimum of 5 per day....o I may have another 20 or 30 when that server gets back up and running.