Malware uses sex images to distract users
A consultant of IT security firm Sophos warned: don't become a victim of malware using PowerPoint files containing 'room' images from the Kama Sutra.
The file "Real kamasutra.pps.exe " was discovered earlier this year. If this file 'drops' onto your Windows computer and you click it, it will distract you while the malware and Trojan 'backdoor' Bckdr-RFM sneaks into your computer, Mr. Graham Cluley, Sophos technology consultant wrote.
" Once they have hacked into your computer, malware can forward spam, steal identity, spy on your activities, install adware to generate revenue or launch attacks. deny DoS service , "wrote Cluley.
The Kama Sutra is an ancient book of Hindus (India) about human sexual behavior. This is not the first time malware writers using Kama Sutra try to trick computer users, infecting malware on their machines. For example, in 2006, a worm e-mail Kama Sutra appeared.
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