An email that purports to offer music videos of stars like Rihanna, Beyonce Knowles and Kelly Clarkson, but which actually contains a Trojan horse, is being disseminated around the Internet, according to Sophos.
If recipients click on the link contained in the email they are sent to a site which hosts malicious script that will invade the victim's computer and turn it into a zombie - a computer which sends spam mail.
The subject line of these emails contains phrases such as "awesome new video" and "dude this is not even on MTV yet". Graham Cluley, a senior technology consultant for Sophos, said: "Earlier this week hackers were pretending that their emails pointed to a YouTube video, before that they posed as e-cards or breaking news stories.
"What's clear is that they will keep on adopting new disguises to try and infect the Windows computers of innocent internet surfers." Internet uses must stop pursuing links in emails from unknown sources, Mr Cluley added. Meanwhile, a recent survey by Trend Micro has found that mobile workers are the least security conscious.
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