Symantec: Scammers Spreading Malware Via Spoofed Scanner Attachments

As antivirus programs and end users alike become more adept at identifying badware, malware authors are getting even sneakier in their quest to infect your computer. Social engineering is the name of the game now – just ask the NBC News exec who clicked on an infected Christmas tree attachment from an unknown sender. A new report says that scammers have begun using a novel trick to get users to open malicious files; they send emails that claim to be from the office’s printer/scanner, which is actually pretty friggin’ clever.

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I agree on the degree of sneakiness that is being used lately, this is one of many reasons i quit answering in Yahoo Answers, as they could stop the posting of these at their site if they got serious, however, for any user to click on an unknown link , even if it appears innocent is foolishness.
I have a friend who is in charge of a help desk at his firm and he , himself, has sent me links in email that proved to be unsavory.
I would urge all users to double check any link that is unknown to them by using free scanner sites such as virustotal.com , urlvoid.com , just these 2 sites out of others will prove valuable to any user before clicking unknown site links . Stay Safe !!

I now only participate at this site along with Bleeping Computer and Mbam forums .