A spam postcard posing as a friendly postcard which is really a Trojan postcard. (Shades of Sir Winston!) Security firm Sophos is warning of a “spam postcard,” which appears to come from someone you know (as does so much spam these days), but which is really a Trojan laden with viruses and other yucky stuff designed to steal your personal information and allow the perpetrator access to your computer.

When the unsuspecting recipient clicks on the link in the email in order to claim and view their “postcard,” instead the Clsldr-D Trojan horse is installed on their Windows computer, along with several types of malicious code designed to exploit known Windows vulnerabilities. This code includes Troj/Divo-A, Troj/Delf-KP, Troj/Lofler-A, Troj/Siggy-A, Troj/Webdrop-A, and Troj/Small-EM.

Said Sophos’ Graham Cluely…

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