isn�t going to be new to you but I guarantee you�ll have a relative who hasn�t heard of that one before. It�s always worth a mention to a less computer savvy individual! This is (of course) a case where the executable has been renamed to look like it's a .txt file, when in reality the file is play.txt.exe. Should the end-user download and double click one of the infection files, they'll have infected themselves.
told a number of websites hosting these files have been taken down in the last hour or two, but I imagine they�ll be back soon enough.
Better go warn granny�
Christopher Boyd
/ Update - to be clear, these files are executables using the double extension trick, where an attacker renames an executable like so: filename.txt.exe. The file is still an executable, however the creator is hoping the end-user will only see the .txt extension. I'm also having some problems updating this post - as you can see, half the text is missing and refuses to go back in. I haven't had a Blogger.com glitch for some time, but they come for everyone eventually...
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