L’FBI avvisa della falsa notifica che circola via e-mail

Security Pipeline | FBI Warns About E-Mail Worm Hoax

The FBI Tuesday added its voice to anti-virus firms warning of the Sober.k worm, advising Americans to ignore the mass-mailed worm, which sometimes poses as a tell-us-or-else message from the federal law enforcement agency.

Sober.k, which also arrived as file attachments to messages offering free access to X-rated videos of heiress Paris Hilton and as security alerts from Microsoft, can appear with a variety of FBI-like addresses, including "FBI@FBI.gov" and "police@fbi.gov." The text of such messages reads:

"Dear Sir/Madam, we have logged your IP-address on more than 40 illegal Websites. Important: Please answer our questions! The list of questions are attached. Yours faithfully, M. John Stellford ++-++ Federal Bureau of Investigation -FBI- ++-++ 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 2130 ++-++ Washington, DC 20535 ++-++ (202) 324-3000"