The Dangers of a Royal Baby: Scams Abound

Big news stories are always an opportunity for scammers and spammers, who attempt to redirect users to malicious exploit kits or other unwanted services. Britain’s royal baby is the latest news to offer cover for malware. McAfee has already found a lot of spam messages regarding the birth and baby that lead users to the infamous Blackhole exploit kit.

The initial infection arrives as spam mail that contains a redirection URL in the following format:



From there the user will land on a page with links to JavaScript files.

This chain redirection could leave victims infected with one of these malware families:

PWS-Zbot
ZeroAccess
BackDoor-FJW

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