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Pizza Order Spam Spreads Malicious Software PDF Print E-mail
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Monday, 19 December 2011 08:00

According to Commtouch Café, a new spam campaign is spreading, targeting Internet-users by offering pizzas that they seemingly ordered for but actually ensnaring them. Indeed, victims are told to make a payment of $107 (EUR 75) in order to materialize the order; however, the real objective is to confuse them into hastily opting for the "Cancel Order Now" button.


But upon opting, they get diverted onto a web-page that generates malware with the page containing many scripts, which create various malware ready to strike. But, prior to selecting the malware for being launched, the scripts verify the operating system in use and the version installed like whether it's Mac, Win or Linux and still more whether it's iPad, FreeBSD, iPod, iPhone, PocketPC, Win.Mobile or Win.CE; the web-browser form and its edition; and the loaded active versions of Acrobat Reader, Java, ActiveX, Flash etc.

Significantly, the spam attack, despite any scale, solely distributes e-mails offering a wide range of delicious pizzas added with different toppings as also accompanied with several drinks, in various combinations that change with every e-mail. Naturally, the order's price too changes with every message although it's never equal-to-or-less than $100.

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