Valentine's puppy scam warning

Security experts are warning of a new Valentine's Day scam that attempts to tug at your heartstrings with a picture of two cute puppies.

Spam emails sent by zombie computers on the Waledac botnet – the same botnet responsible for a recent campaign about Barack Obama and thought to be linked to the Storm botnet – feature the shih-tzu puppies.

However, clicking on the link in the email will trigger the download of malware, researchers at McAfee warned.

"This is a social-engineering trick to convince users to download the real threat. Don’t click the link to the executable, otherwise you will end up with malware," said McAfee's Micha Pekrul.

Read Web User's guide to the best Valentine's Day ideas.

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