Russian Opposition Assailed By Spyware

A computer virus campaign is targeting opponents of Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin, according to anti-virus software maker Symantec.

"A wave of spam e-mails promoting a rally" against the newly elected president is delivering the spyware as an attachment that appears to be a Word document. In reality, the file is a software program known as "Trojan.Dropper."

The spam e-mails began circulating sometime around March 5, according to an entry Wednesday on Symantec's official blog.

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