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Neue Obama-Spam-Kampagne lockt Computeranwender auf infizierte Website

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Kurz vor der offiziellen Amtseinführung des neuen US-Präsidenten Barack Obama am morgigen Dienstag, dem 20. Januar 2009, haben Cyberkriminelle eine Spam-Kampagne gestartet, in der sie angebliche 'Blitzmeldungen' zum Amtsverzicht versprechen und versuchen, Computeranwender so auf eine infizierte Website locken.

Den Experten der SophosLabs, der weltweiten Forschungszentren von Sophos, zufolge wird in den Spam-Mails unter anderem behauptet, Obama verzichte überraschend auf das Amt des US-Präsidenten. Klicken neugierig gewordene Computeranwender auf den darin angegebenen Link, gelangen sie auf eine Internet-Site, die der offiziellen Website von Barack Obama täuschend ähnlich sieht. Dort erwartet sie ein Schadprogramm (Mal/WaledJs-A), das weitere ausführbare schädliche Dateien auf lra Crjcqjq vrk Rspmffytu vzir.

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