Junk mail with free USB pendrive loaded with malware

I've got to worry about this attack. My MD was sent a USB pendrive in a box with corporate literature from "Tune-into-it.com". Unusually :-D the literature didn't express what Tune-into-it.com does, so my MD trashed the literature and kept the pen drive for later viewing. Today he viewed the USB pendrive and instantly the Trend Anti Virus found

• TROJ_SMALL.EAK in "AutoSvr.exe"
• PE_Chir.B in "IT Newsletter PC.exe"

Now what worries me is was either a,

• A targeted attack aimed my MD.
• A attack against my company.
  
• or a mass junkmail attack.
• Or Tune-into-it.com is vaild company and have unfortunately been infected with a virus.
  

Either way it was well funded with glossy corporate literature, USB pendrive with Tune-into-it.com printed on it and sent in the post!. Check their website, it looks professional but doesn't tell you what they actually do!

Unfortunately I didn't get to the pendrive before it was formatted and blanked by a colleague. Just goes to prove that my Firewall and AntiVirus mail filter doesn't catch everything, just sent it in the post and ask the MD to run it! Simple! . I'm pretty sure I would have probably done the same thing, so be warned!

apaton

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