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Christmas "fun" with malware

Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at 11:15am by Allysa Myers
Allysa Myers

As of late, a weekend is just not complete without a new W32/Stration variant spamming, and this weekend was no exception. Of course, this variant added a Christmas twist to the message body. To add to the Christmas “fun”, we also saw two other nasties taking advantage of people hoping for a little holiday cheer in their inbox.

Here’s hoping you all missed this excitement because you were having a wonderful holiday with friends and family instead. Or perhaps basking in the glow of a TV, enjoying a new video game console. (Speaking of which, the Wii just got an internet browser which is capable of playing Flash games. Hmmm… Very cool that they went with Opera, though!)

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