Sex sells and virus authors use this age-old tactic to lure the average horny inexperienced PC user into opening suspicious emails. The latest spamming doing the rounds is a trojan email claiming to contain a shocking video of nude hollywood celebrity stars; Angelina Jolie, Natalie Portman and Nicole Kidman. A copy of the spammed email is as follows:

Sadly what the user gets in return for this sex bait is a trojan (Spy-Agent.bv.dldr) that installs a rootkit and downloads further malicious code from the internet.

Any attachment that is porn or warez related, are the kinds of things people would be curious to view. And this is not the first time hollywood sirens have been used as bait in spreading computer viruses via email. Similar trojan spamming have been used in the past with stunning results. McAfee Avert Labs users are protected against this threat with yesterday’s 5089 dats onwards.

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There is more money being spent on breast implants and Viagra today than on Alzheimer’s research. This means that by 2040, there should be a large elderly population with perky boobs and huge erections and absolutely no recollection of what to do with them