Virus spreading quickly -- Part 1

clipped from news.bbc.co.uk Some blogs have been found hosting booby-trapped links Google's Blogger site is being used by malicious hackers who are posting fake entries to some blogs. The fake entries contain weblinks that lead to booby-trapped downloads that could infect a Windows PC. Infected computers are being hijacked by the gang behind the attacks and either mined for saleable data or used for other attacks. The Blogger attack is the latest in a series by a gang that has managed to hijack hundreds of thousands of PCs. many hundreds of blogs on the site have been updated with a short entry containing the link. bogus entries could have exploited a Blogger feature that lets users e-mail entries blogs themselves could also be fake trick people into clicking on links and downloading booby-trapped files using cleverly crafted messages. Some pose as YouTube links others claim to be looking for testers of software packages or digital greetings cards.

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