Like snowbird NFL fans flocking to Hawaii for the Pro Bowl, (although the idiots in the NFL moved it next year) February means more spam in your mailbox. Along with florists and candy makers, spammers hope to cash in on Valentine’s Day by hawking watches, jewelery and solutions to -um- male insecurities.
But they are not just stopping there this year. They are also using Valentine’s Day to push more malware for their botnets.
The Waledec spammers are pushing a fake Valentine’s day e-card hoping you install they’re botnet software for them. (beware) They also did this for Christmas.
Cutwail, Pushdo, Donbot are pushing p0rn and the usual trash. Donbot say “someone thinks you are very special and has sent you a kiss” I believe this is botnet bait also.
With every passing month it shows how much spam and malware are joined at the hip. Remember, be careful what you download.