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Symantec tracking new malicious computer worm

Symantec Security Response is warning users about a new, malicious computer worm that comes in the form of an e-mail with the subject line, “Here you have.” The e-mail requests the recipient to click on an embedded link that appears to be a pdf hosted on the Internet. But when the e-mail recipient clicks on the link, it instantly downloads and launches the malicious worm without the computer user’s knowledge.

New malware uses search terms like ‘Lost’ as bait

By Wailin Wong | “Lost” fans searching for secrets of the ABC show’s final episode may be in store for a nasty surprise: An infected computer.

PandaLabs, a unit of computer security company Panda Security, said it has detected a new distribution method for a kind of malware called the MySecurityEngine fake antivirus. This malware and the way it infects a computer are not new, but the bait it uses does change according to current events and popular search terms.

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