Computer pranks that simulate Trojan infections are invading the Web: As Halloween approaches,
applications, fake websites, spam and Trojans all put on a disguise to try to trick users. PandaLabs has been
detecting attacks like these since August. However, these have intensified over the last few days and we are
seeing old specimens ‘coming to live’, new strains and fake applications that only attempt to scare users a little
bit. Even though computer pranks are nothing new, they get massively distributed in the days leading up to
Halloween in order to terrorize users. These applications are actually harmless, as they really do not contain
any malware or Trojans. [Date: 27 October 2010; Source: http://www.net-
security.org/malware_news.php?id=1508]
