Is this real or a hoax Obama acceptance speech trojan horse

Received this in an email and need to know if real or hoax

"Red Alert Snopes verified do not open under any circumstances. Very Very
urgent. There is an e-mail with subject line Obama acceptance speech
floating around with a trojan horse attachment. Do not open for any reason.
Delete immediately. The trojan steals all passwords and user ids.

Thanks
Michelle

From: "Michelle" <monet@ptd.net>

| Received this in an email and need to know if real or hoax

| "Red Alert Snopes verified do not open under any circumstances. Very Very
| urgent. There is an e-mail with subject line Obama acceptance speech
| floating around with a trojan horse attachment. Do not open for any reason.
| Delete immediately. The trojan steals all passwords and user ids.

| Thanks
| Michelle


Could be a real trojan.

Many trojans use such topics in Social Engineering to get you infected.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

"Michelle" wrote:

> Received this in an email and need to know if real or hoax

What you need to know is:
1. Don't open spam emails.
2. Configure your email client so it can't auto-execute embedded,
attached or linked content.

> "Red Alert Snopes verified do not open under any circumstances. Very Very
> urgent. There is an e-mail with subject line Obama acceptance speech
> floating around with a trojan horse attachment. Do not open for any reason.
> Delete immediately. The trojan steals all passwords and user ids.

These stupid alarmist emails do the rounds all the time. They stink of
hoax and most often are. However, I have seen some spam with Obama
mentioned in the subject line. Tbere's nothing a spammer won't put
there to try and get some fools attention. It really doesn't matter
because if you're security aware these things are not an issue.

On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:01:34 -0500, Ant <not@home.today> wrote:

> "Michelle" wrote:
>
>> Received this in an email and need to know if real or hoax
>
> What you need to know is:
> 1. Don't open spam emails.
> 2. Configure your email client so it can't auto-execute embedded,
> attached or linked content.
>
The biggest problem is that most folks use Internet Explorer to view their
mail.

max
--
Virus Removal http://max.shplink.com/removal.html
Keep Clean http://max.shplink.com/keepingclean.html
Change nomail.afraid.org to gmail.com to reply by email.
nomail.afraid.org is specifically setup for use in USENET

On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:01:34 -0500, Ant <not@home.today> wrote:

> "Michelle" wrote:
>
>> Received this in an email and need to know if real or hoax
>
> What you need to know is:
> 1. Don't open spam emails.
> 2. Configure your email client so it can't auto-execute embedded,
> attached or linked content.
>
The biggest problem is that most folks use Internet Explorer to view their
mail.

max
--
Virus Removal http://max.shplink.com/removal.html
Keep Clean http://max.shplink.com/keepingclean.html
Change nomail.afraid.org to gmail.com to reply by email.
nomail.afraid.org is specifically setup for use in USENET

"What's in a Name?" wrote:

> On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:01:34 -0500, Ant wrote:
>> What you need to know is:
>> 1. Don't open spam emails.
>> 2. Configure your email client so it can't auto-execute embedded,
>> attached or linked content.
>
> The biggest problem is that most folks use Internet Explorer to view their
> mail.

In which case, if they do accidently open a spam, they'd better be
sure the browser and all its plugins are kept up to date with the
latest patches. It should also be configured so as to not run active
content automatically, e.g. put the site in the restricted zone if
using IE and/or customise the security settings.