All the latest UK technology news, reviews and analysis

Virus hidden in fake FBI email

by Steve Ranger

24 Feb 2005

Be the first to comment

  • Tweet this

The FBI is warning internet users to beware of a virus masquerading as an email from the US law enforcement agency.

The scam emails tell the recipients that their surfing has been monitored by the FBI's Internet Fraud Complaint Centre and that they have accessed illegal websites.

Recipients are urged to open an attachment and answer some questions, but the attachment contains a computer virus.

"These emails did not come from the FBI. Recipients of this or similar solicitations should know that the FBI does not engage in the practice of sending unsolicited emails to the public in this manner," the agency said.

Opening email attachments from an unknown sender is a "risky and dangerous endeavour", it warned, as such attachments frequently contain viruses. "The FBI strongly encourages computer users not to open such attachments." The agency said that it is taking the matter seriously and is investigating. Users receiving emails of this nature are encouraged to report it to the Internet Crime Complaint Centre here.

Do you agree?

 

Add your comment

We won't publish your address
By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms & Conditions. Your comment will be moderated before publication.

Poll

The workplace of the future poll - in association with IBM

What will be the biggest change to corporate technology in the future?

89%

6%

1%

3%

1%

Connect with V3.co.uk

Sign up to our daily or weekly newsletters

Riso

Colour printing: why the bill keeps outstripping the budget

The wrong printers, for the wrong tasks on the wrong contracts

Qlikview

Magic quadrant for business intelligence platforms

Who leads the BI pack and who should we be watching out for?

Recruitment Consultants

Recruitment Consultants – IT (City of London - £20-£30k...

Graduate C++ Developer, Junior Developer

C++, SQL, Windows My Client is a prestigious technology...

Java Developer, Java Agile Developer

Java Developer, Java Agile Developer Java, Agile...

Customer Insight Analyst- SAS/SPSS/SQL

Customer Insight Analyst- SAS/ SQL/ SPSS Key Words...

Keep up to date with the latest products, services and technologies from the world's leading IT companies. IThound.com brings you over 2,000 white papers, case studies and analyst reports.

To send to more than one email address, simply separate each address with a comma.