FYI: New virus masquerading as a war vote

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FYI: New virus masquerading as a war vote

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"New virus poses as war vote"
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7285953.html

The email has been titled "Peace Between America and Islam!". There is an attachment which damages your drive and propagates to your connected address book.

I don't know whether you need to explicitly click on the attachment or whether it exploits emailer scripting to auto-run for you.

First reports were in US this morning.
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