Here comes the spambot invasion

A new, highly-sophisticated Trojan called Spamthru has emerged on the scene and get this--it actually deploys its own antivirus program when it infects a PC in order to skirt past legitimate virus scanning software. According to security firm SecureWorks, this "spambot" application, which is constantly updated with new code, is hard to detect and boasts the same technical finesse that today's commercial antivirus solutions provide. As reports have noted in the past few weeks, Trojan makers are getting smarter every day.

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