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Article: Animated Cursor Flaw Remains in Cross Hairs; More than a week after Microsoft's patch release, the ANI flaw is targeted by attackers using Paris Hilton and Jenna Jameson as bait.
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- eWeek
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- April 13, 2007
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IT organizations are being urged to deploy a patch for a bug affecting how Microsoft Windows handles animated cursors as spammers step up their efforts to exploit the flaw-this time with a promise of lewd pictures of celebrity hotel heiress Paris Hilton.
The spammed e-mail messages have subject lines such as "Hot pictures of Paris Hilton nude" but actually contain an embedded image of adult film star and entrepreneur Jenna Jameson. When clicked on, the image links to a Web site containing the malicious Troj/Iffy-B Trojan horse, which in turn points to another piece of malware targeting the Microsoft vulnerability.
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