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While researching some information, I came across a Google hit that looked like what I was looking for, but when I opened the page, none of the text in the preview paragraph was there. Somebody must have fed bogus contents to GoogleBot to attract searches.
Instead of the expected information I found myself on a scareware [...]

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Today I received a Trojan email that bears the same handwriting as the recent fake Google Chrome installer emails. Both emails are in German, offer an attached RAR file with what supposedly is an installer for a beta test version of new software from a well-established software company:

Sehr geehrter Nutzer,
heute möchten wir Sie zu unserem [...]

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Barely had Google announced its new browser Chrome, that malware senders responded by sending out fake emails claiming to provide an installer for the new software. Here is a German message I received:
From: “Steffen Neukirch” <beta-team@google.de>
To: spamtrap-email-address
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 09:26
Subject: [PR] Neuter Webbrowser Chrome erhältlich
Sie benötigen einen JavaScript-fähigen Browser, um diese Software herunterzuladen. [...]

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Today I received a couple of near identical emails in Portuguese that differed only by the (forged) sender address:
From: “Fernanda” <fernandinha@globo.com.br>
To: <joewein@pobox.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 06:29
Subject: Por favor veja isso!!!
Você acredita que essas coisas ainda acontecem no Brasil?
Eu não posso acreditar…
Se você quiser, assine e repassse!
Tratamentos Desumanos.wmv (153,0 KB)

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