Kama Sutra PowerPoint Helps Hackers Deliver Malware

We'd like to think that our readers are savvy enough to avoid opening strange e-mail attachments that claim to be PowerPoint presentations about the Kama Sutra and feature executable file extensions. If you're not so savvy, know that a new piece of malware making the rounds comes in the form of an e-mail attachment called "Real kamasutra.pps.exe." Open it up, and you'll be presented with a series of slides featuring a couple in several sexual positions. Interestingly, the presentation itself is infection-free. Instead, the creators hope to distract you with the naughty images long enough for it to deliver its malware-laden payload. While you're flipping through photos of a couple gettin' down and dirty, the executable quietly installs a number of trojans and pieces of malware that can snatch up your personal data, steal your identity, and grant hackers access to your PC.

As usual, the best protection is a healthy dose of caution and skepticism. If you get an e-mail with a strange or unexpected attachment, don't open it. Chances are it'll only cause you pain and suffering.

Kama Sutra PowerPoint Helps Hackers Deliver Malware originally appeared on Switched on Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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