The anticipation for President-Elect Barack Obama’s inaugural speech increases as January 20 approaches. Unfortunately, a group of Internet delinquents are taking advantage of the Obama fever by sending out emails that supposedly contain a link to the president-elect’s famous acceptance speech. Obviously, the fake email doesn’t contain a link to the inspiring speech that the President-Elect delivered when he defeated John McCain in the recent US elections. The main content of the fake Obama Speech email, in fact, is a Trojan horse.
Clicking video links
The Trojan horse in the fake Obama speech email can be activated with just one click. Yes, just one click on the link that will purportedly direct the email recipient to a video of the President-Elect’s acceptance speech. But instead of opening the video of one of the most historic nights in America, the link activates the Trojan horse attachment that will preside over your computer system. The Trojan horse will get your username, steal your password, or infect your computer. It might even open a malicious website without your consent.
Deleting fake emails
To prevent the Trojan horse from causing any form of destruction to your email account or your computer system, you have to delete it right away. You have to remove it from your inbox before it can install a virus to your computer or steal a password from your account. So, the next time you receive an email with the “Obama Acceptance Speech” subject line, you have to click that DELETE button as fast as you can.