FBI — Malicious Software Features Osama bin Laden Links to Ensnare Unsuspecting

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The FBI today warns computer users to exercise caution when they receive e-mails that purport to show photos or videos of Usama bin Laden’s recent death. This content could be a virus that could damage your computer. This malicious software, or “malware,” can embed itself in computers and spread to users’ contact lists, thereby infecting the systems of associates, friends, and family members. These viruses are often programmed to steal your personally identifiable information.

The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) urges computer users to not open unsolicited (spam) e-mails, including clicking links contained within those messages. Even if the sender is familiar, the public should exercise due diligence. Computer owners must ensure they have up-to-date firewall and anti-virus software running on their machines to detect and deflect malicious software.

The IC3 recommends the public do the following:

Adjust the privacy settings on social networking sites you frequent to make it more difficult for people you know and do not know to post content to your


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http://www.nationalterroralert.com/...enter+(National+Terror+Alert+Response+Center)
 
Could this be the new form of terrorism. While everyone expects a bomb or something violent, crashing every bodies computers could be just as devastating and effective. If there are people who can get files out of our national security, they really could cause some damage if they want.
 

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