Today it is the last day of the year 2008 and all those cybercriminals who have a "great heart" want to wish us happy Christmas and a happy new year.
So they are sending us a funny Christmas postcard in flash, which you can to enjoy across the following video (~20 Mb). The file name is MerryChristmas.exe and once you run it, you only see the video… but the cybercriminals are taking the chance to steal your confidential information.
In order to do it, when you execute the file MerryChristmas.exe it will install two pieces of malware: Trj/PasswordStealer.BJ and Rootkit/HidePort.TO. These two work as a team so the rootkit is hiding the Trojan while it gets all your confidential information.
Thanks to Ulises for the video.
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