Malware Spreading Via ... Windshield Fliers?

wiedzmin writes "Another interesting article published by the SANS ISC Handler's Diary is describing a very unusual vector for malware distribution — windshield fliers and fake parking tickets. A website URL provided for "disputing a ticket" actually leads to a malicious website, and a "toolbar" required to find the photo of your violation is, you guessed it, a trojan posing as a fake antivirus. The best part is — according to the VirusTotal report, it doesn't look like most antiviruses have signatures for this one yet."

Comments

Who reads those things anyway?

[jandrese]

I can't imagine there are a large number of people who are not only going to read the flyer, but take it home and remember to get on their computer and type in a URL from it. The "parking ticket" gambit seems pretty weak too if you look around and notice two things:
1. You are parked legally
2. Everybody else has these "tickets"

And that's before you notice that your local government is using a website like: http://qlmbix.ch/parkingticets.html

I mean for this infection to work, the victim has to be not only stupid, but also not lazy. It has to have a low infection rate.