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The FBI late Tuesday warned computer users that scam artists pretending to be FBI agents are at work spreading a computer virus, CNN reports.
"The FBI does not engage in the practice of sending unsolicited e-mails to the public in this manner," the Bureau said in a statement released from its Washington headquarters.
The warning to the public was prompted by an ongoing mass e-mail in which computer users receive unsolicited e-mails purportedly sent by the FBI.
The scam e-mails tell recipients their Internet use has been monitored by the FBI's Internet Fraud Complaint Center, and that they have accessed illegal Web sites.
The e-mails then direct recipients to open an attachment and answer questions, but the attachments contain a computer virus
JA AGORA Spyware infiltrates blogs
Hackers are using blogs to infect computers with spyware, exposing serious security flaws in self-publishing tools used by millions of people on the Web, ZDNet reports.
The problem involves the use of JavaScript and ActiveX, two common methods used to launch programs on a Web page. Security experts said malicious programmers can use JavaScript and ActiveX to automatically deliver spyware from a blog to people who visit the site with a vulnerable Web browser.
Spyware tools also have been hidden inside JavaScript programs that are offered freely on the Web for bloggers to enhance their sites with features such as music. As a result, bloggers who use infected tools could unwittingly turn their sites into a delivery platform for spyware.
"If auto-generated Web sites such as blog sites allow the inclusion of ActiveX and JavaScript, they are a great place for spyware writers to try to induce the blogger or Web page owner into including some active code," said Richard Stiennon from anti-spyware company Webroot Software.
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