Malware authors are always trying to trick you into opening their craptastic payloads, often using the latest news headlines. But it seems that they didn’t care for the volcano story a few weeks ago:
Eyjafjallajökull, despite being arguably the biggest news story of the year so far, is simply too difficult to spell for most surfers, let alone virus writer types not known for their mastery of grammar and punctuation.
So all we have to do to solve the virus problem is ensure that any news story includes a vital term that nobody can spell or pronounce. Sounds like a plan to me. 😉
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