Latest hack involves an email that pretends to be from Microsoft, and contains an executable that the recipient is directed to run as an update.
I can't believe that in this day of automated updates of just about everything, people fall for this. The executable contains Backdoor: Win32/Haxdoor. It will open ports on the infected machine that allow remote code execution. The effect is that the damaged PC becomes a Zombie, running whatever code is sent to it, and eventually becoming useless.
Be skeptical of everything on the internets, children. Even The Brothers Grimm couldn't see all the nasties that abound there.
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