FBI e-mail clobbered after virus

29.05.2009

Malicious attachments are a constant security threat for computer users.

Microsoft that attackers are sending malicious QuickTime media files to victims, exploiting an unpatched flaw in Apple's media format, in order to install malicious software on Windows systems.

News of the FBI's webmail outage was first reported Friday by the , although other news outlets had that the FBI had been hit by the same virus that felled Windows systems within the U.S. Marshals.