Spam from an AV company claiming to be a security patch? It's Zbot/Zeus malware.

[aztony]

Julie Yeates of SophosLabs (thanks Julie!) alerted us earlier today to a spam campaign that seemed to originate from a whole raft of different security and anti-virus companies.

The messages have a variety of subject lines, such as:

Windows Defender: Important System Update -
requires immediate action

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition: Important System Update -
requires immediate action

AVG Internet Security 2012: Important System Update -
requires immediate action

Kaspersky Anti-Virus: Important System Update -
requires immediate action

Microsoft Security Essentials: Important System Update -
requires immediate action

The emails are all very similar, claiming to include an important security update to deal with "the new malware circulating over the net".

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/11/21/spam-from-an-anti-virus-company-its-zeus-malware/

 

[Littlebits]

I occasionally see these emails in my spam on Gmail.
They never get to my inbox, Google nails them each time.

If someone is fool enough to click on them then they will get infected.

Thanks.

 

[aztony]

I occasionally see these emails in my spam on Gmail.
They never get to my inbox, Google nails them each time.

If someone is fool enough to click on them then they will get infected.

Thanks.

My email client with Spam Assassin screens and filters out this type of email from my inbox. Don't know how many people take that type of precaution, but forewarned is forearmed.