Wednesday, May 10, 2006

World Cup virus season

The FIFA World Cup 2006 tournament won't get underway in Germany until early June, but computer virus writers are already attempting to cash in on the planet's most popular sporting event with viruses aimed at deceiving eager soccer fans. Researchers at UK-based Sophos released notification of a new attack that <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1959084,00.asp?kc=ewnws050906dtx1k0000599">infects Microsoft Excel files</A> and has been disguised as a spreadsheet charting the national teams participating in the World Cup.

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