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- 4/29, 2010
Spam attack tries to compromise computer systems in APAC
TrendLabs has detected a spam attack today that spreads as an email that tricks recipients into opening a malicious PDF file, which in tandem with an embedded VBScript may penetrate a victim’s computer and drop so-called WORM and rootkit components. The WORM component spreads through computer devices that are detected by infected systems and will automatically execute an autorun,inf file as soon as a user activates an infected device. In addition, the malware deploys a stealth technique by using a rootkit component to prevent itself from being discovered.
