Sending electronic greeting cards used to be a craze in the cyber community 5-8 years ago. However, in the recent years, social networking sites and applications such as Facebook and Twitter have taken the center stage where people exchange greetings and well wishes over the internet. A recent attack in Brazil makes another attempt by spreading spam mail sending e-card. A file is downloaded if the victim clicks on the “read” button and the HOSTS file of Internet Explorer is changed, and set to redirect certain Brazilian baking Web sites to a malicious web site. All information posted in any of the said pages will then be grabbed by the attacker.
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