Apple iPad Bogus Updates

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For all Apple iPad owners, please beware that there's a bogus update online. The messages claim that a recent update to iTunes has been released for the iPad. There's a link in the message that leads to a copycat of the legitimate iTunes download site, where users are asked to approve the download of a file dubbed "itunessetup.exe." Yet, the download is nothing but actually a Trojan horse that injects code into Windows' "explorer.exe" process and opens a backdoor for hackers, who then use that entrance to add more malware to the PC. The "Backdoor.Bifrose.AADY" Trojan also tries to snatch activation keys from various programs on the hacked machine and steals passwords for instant messaging clients and e-mail accounts. Experts are unable to quantify the extent of the spam campaign, but speculated that if it mimicked others, it would be large. I hope that this news will bring about awareness and caution here. Read more: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9176011/Hackers_target_iPad_owners_with_bogus_update?taxonomyId=15&pageNumber=1