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# Posted: 30 Jan 06 19:30
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Hi

I have just received this email:

Hello,

Your photograph has reached editing stage as part of an article we are publishing for our February edition of Traders World Monthly. Can you check over the format and get back to us with your approval or any changes?
If the picture is not to your liking then please send a preferred one. We've attached the photo with the article here.

Kind regards,

Jamie Andrews
Editor
TradersWorld


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The Professional Brokers Essential
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Enclosed was a zip file. Now, I don't recollect sending these people any photograph, but I opened the zip file (probably should not have done that) and when I found an executable (.exe) file I thought "Hang on, something fishy going on here." I did not run the executable, because almost certainly it will be something malicious.

Have any of you received this? I wonder whether this is targeted at photographers specifically?
Ruud
Ruud's Eye

# Posted: 30 Jan 06 20:08
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I did a bit of research and it is indeed a Trojan: running the exe turns the anti virus software off and allows hackers access to your computer. More info here: http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojstinxn.html

# Posted: 30 Jan 06 20:32
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Thanx for the warning Ruud!!

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