Schwarzenegger e-bug killed …
p2pnet.net News:- Osama bin Laden has killed himself, various usenet messages announced gleefuly last week.
AND – there were pix of his actual demise to prove it!
The idea was recipients wouldn’t be able to resist opening a file that launched a Hackarmy trojan.
Rumours that George W. Bush’s personal PC had to be disinfected are without foundation.
In the meanwhile, the "Over the weekend messages using the same template, but referring to the supposed death of California’s Governor began appearing all over Usenet," says The Register here.
"The messages invited users to download a zip file containing a ’screensaver’ (again contaminated with the Hackarmy Trojan). This malicious code has since been taken offline, but users are still advised to be cautious. More copycats can be expected as the trick is easy to engineer."
