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A Trojan program is using coverage of the Princess Diana inquest to spread itself throughout British computers, it has been reported.
Online resource WebUser has warned that malicious software is being sent around the web under the headline Princess Diana 'could have been killed by MI6'.
When recipients open the email, it presents a link and the instruction "download now" but once it is clicked, it infects the PC with the Downloader.SQV Trojan.
"But the Trojan doesn't stop there. It then downloads two other Trojans, Spammer.AGF and KillFlies.BU. The former resends the emails using the infected computer as a server, while the latter cripples certain system functions," the publication continued.
A Trojan is a malicious computer programme which hides itself within a software application which appears to be legitimate.
Often such programmes are concealed within email attachments which purport to be music or picture files sent by friends and family.
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