Emails appearing from FBI contain virus

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It\'s the latest email virus making the rounds. The high-priority-marked email has a questionnaire attachment which contains a Trojan virus.

Federal News Network Staff

May 5, 2011 5:32 pm

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If you receive an email from the FBI with the subject line “you visit illegal websites” – don’t open it.

It’s the latest email virus making the rounds. The high-priority-marked email has a questionnaire attachment which contains a Trojan virus.

ZD Net reports multiple security vendors have encountered the email and have alerted their customers.

This story is part of Federal News Radio’s daily Cybersecurity Update brought to you by Tripwire. For more cybersecurity news, click here.

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