Swine Flu - Malware Fever

Sophos Lab has been talking about all the spam pointing people to Swine Flu (H1N1) information, that has instead been taking people to fake Viagra websites, fake Tamiflu websites and other sources of malware. There's even one update that opens an infected Word document that provides information on the spread of the virus, at the same time infecting your computer.

This is a good reminder to proxy administrators to make sure you've got up to date URL lists, and malware and virus scanning set up on your proxy to prevent your users from getting to these malware sources. Sophos also has a good reminder for us, which is to visit the CDC if you need the real info on Swine Flu.