According to the British security company Sophos, the XF97/Yagnuul.A variant is hidden within Excel spreadsheet files that football fans interested in the Premier League still use to track their team’s progress.
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Spreadsheet for tracking team scores. (Image: Sophos) |
Yagnuul.A infiltrates spreadsheets with the .xls extension and can even modify data within the victim’s system. “This virus is split into two parts – one part affects the Excel file on the machine, while the other automatically ‘drops’ a related football file into the hard drive,” explained Graham Cluley, a security consultant at Sophos. “People will just think they are reusing a harmless spreadsheet from someone else, but lurking behind it, the virus is preparing for a major exploitation“.
However, Yagnuul.A has a low risk of spreading because many security firms have provided software to prevent it.
Fantasy Football is a very popular game in offices, including in Vietnam. This game is for football enthusiasts, especially fans of the Premier League. It allows participants to create their own teams based on their calculations and accumulate points based on the actual performance of the players they choose. Players get the chance to test their football knowledge and become true managers, evaluating player capabilities with a limited budget.
Last week, Sophos also warned about a Trojan being spread through spam, disguised as a file about the World Cup 2006 schedule – the World Cup will take place in Germany on June 9.
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