[LINK] Identity theft virus infects 10,000 computers

[Karl Auer]

On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 08:21 +1000, Kim Holburn wrote:
> Identity theft virus infects 10,000 computers
> http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/virus-infects-10000-computers/ 
> 2006/08/02/1154198204613.html

>From the article:

"The trojan could be picked up via email, or by visiting insecure
websites. It was not necessary to open an email attachment to become
infected."

Is this really true? How can even Windows get infected by email without
opening an attachment? Or is it because viewing the email opens a
website page (HTML email)?

Also, what is this "insecure website" crap? If visiting a website zots
your machine, *your machine* was insecure, not the website....

"The Australian Tax Office confirmed yesterday that 178 taxpayers had
unwittingly revealed their tax file numbers while lodging tax returns
online."

How did they know?

Regards, K.

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