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| Warning was posted May 31
Most of the news stations here ran a piece when the IRS first posted the details way over a week ago (May 31).
The correct link for the story should be the original source:
»www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,···,00.html
and not some copy of it by some random news outlet. 
If we read the entire story, we can see that the trojan threat is just the tip of the iceberg. Most likely the trojan threat will be neutralized by AV software for all users that run updated AV.
Equally serious are the IRS camouflaged phishing scams (e.g. promising a tax refund) that entice users to divulge financial account information. |
