A dangerous new rootkit based Trojan has been discovered in the wild.  It has been named Rootkit.hearse.  IT reports computer user information to a web server in Russia, including passwords and login user names and passwords to secure sites such as online banking.  And being a rootkit based Trojan it is hidden from the user.  Well almost, anyway.  For more information, please refer to the following site, (a blog for Sana Security):

http://www.nthworld.org/archives/2006/03/on_march_20th_w_1.htm

Most antivirus programs can now stop this threat, but only if they have been updated in the last day or two.

We urge caution ref. another phishing email cruising about the web that purports to be from the IRS.  Don’t fall for it.  It wants your credit card numbers.  But the IRS web servers probably are not in Poland, which is where you are redirected to, if you click on the links on the email.

This email has the following Subject Line:
IRS Notification—Please Read This

More info here: 

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1940116,00.asp