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From Tony Bradley, CISSP-ISSAP, for About.com

MerryX.A: A Not So Merry Christmas

Monday December 26, 2005
Hopefully everyone who celebrates Christmas had a wonderful holiday. But, the MerryX.A Trojan horse could put a damper on your holiday joy. Disguised as a message from Santa Claus, executing the file attachment will infect the computer. Earlier in the week another Christmas malware was discovered as well, the IM.GiftCom.All worm, which spread via instant messaging programs. For more details about these threats from St. Nick, check out this Computerworld article: Santa delivers more Christmas malware.
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