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Actually, a worm circulating on the internet tries to make you think so ….

A new version of the Sober email worm/virus is fast making its way across the web because people are opening the email attachment.

Emails with the subject lines like hi, ive a new mail address, Your_Password, Registration Confirmation and Mail delivery failed, sometimes from an address that is familar (usually from someone else who was infected or whose email address was found in the Address book of an infected machine), are duping people into opening the virus/worm. The thing to note — and this is true of alot of email virus/worms — the grammar and spelling are poor.

But, the ones that are perhaps most effective are sent from mail@cia.gov or admin@fbi.gov.

Subject: You visit illegal websites
From: Admin@fbi.gov
Message: Dear Sir/Madam, we have logged your IP-address on more than 30 illegal Websites. Important: Please answer our questions! The list of questions are attached. Yours faithfully, Steven Allison *** Federal Bureau of Investigation -FBI- *** 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 3220 *** Washington, DC 20535 *** phone: (202) 324-3000

And …

Subject: Your IP was logged
From: Mail@cia.gov
Message: Dear Sir/Madam, we have logged your IP-address on more than 30 illegal Websites. Important: Please answer our questions! The list of questions are attached. Yours faithfully, Steven Allison ++++ Central Intelligence Agency -CIA- ++++ Office of Public Affairs ++++ Washington, D.C. 20505 ++++ phone: (703) 482-0623 ++++ 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., US Eastern time

The email attachment is list.zip.

The CIA or FBI doesn’t really want to question you (well, maybe they do, but not about this, and I’m certain they wouldn’t send you an email alerting you to such) … and no one got hold of your account and password … so don’t open the email!