April 20, 2007 at 14:00Spammers and hackers began to exploit the Virginia Tech meme
Shooting at the University of Technology, Virginia is causing increased interest among the general public. But there are people who are used to tracking changes in the mass consciousness in order to use these shifts for their own selfish purposes. These are spammers and hackers. For them, the well-known meme (consciousness virus, media virus) associated with the execution in Virginia is the same as being exploited in a popular computer system.
While the video made by the Virginia killer is gaining hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube, themed spam and viruses have begun to spread on the Internet . If you click on the link in a spam email, the TERROR_EM_VIRGINIA.scr screensaver will be downloaded to the computer, which, in turn, will install the Trojan.
Experts say that hackers and spammers are increasingly using "hot topics" of news to convince users to open a file, download and install a malicious program.
The operation of memes has long been involved in and domainers. To date, more than 450 new domains related to the shooting in Virginia have already been registered. Many of them are already on eBay . The reaction rate of the dominers is now much higher than after Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.
While the video made by the Virginia killer is gaining hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube, themed spam and viruses have begun to spread on the Internet . If you click on the link in a spam email, the TERROR_EM_VIRGINIA.scr screensaver will be downloaded to the computer, which, in turn, will install the Trojan.
Experts say that hackers and spammers are increasingly using "hot topics" of news to convince users to open a file, download and install a malicious program.
The operation of memes has long been involved in and domainers. To date, more than 450 new domains related to the shooting in Virginia have already been registered. Many of them are already on eBay . The reaction rate of the dominers is now much higher than after Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.