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True, the iPhone 5S mockup doesn't look very realistic. Those of us paying attention to reports and rumors know that it isn't very likely to be see-through or monochromatic. Its very name is a mashup of two possible Apple phones -- the iPhone 5 and the iPhone 4S. The grammatically-challenged text below the picture should be a tip-off, too: "Introducing the iPhone that lets you do more than ever. And do it amazingly faster."

But for those who aren't paying attention, and who are only vaguely aware that a new iPhone is launching this week, such an email -- complete with an "order now" button -- could make easy bait for malware. And that's just what this email is, <a href="http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/10/03/iphone-5-email-malware/" >according to security firm Sophos</a> -- a lure for users to unintentionally install a nasty little Trojan called <a href="http://www.sophos.com/en-us//threat-center/threat-analyses/viruses-and-spyware/Mal~Zapchas-A.aspx" >Mal/Zapchas-A</a>. 

Ironically, given the Apple-based announcement, the malware only affects Windows machines. The email was <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/PCMAbram/status/120773959150080000/photo/1" >first noticed</a> by Dutch technology journalist Abram Wagenaar. It bears a great deal of resemblance to <a href="http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/06/06/iphone-5g-spam-spreads-windows-malware/" >a similar email</a> that did the rounds just before the <a href="http://mashable.com/2011/06/06/steve-jobs-keynote-the-apple-news-you-need-to-know-live-blog/" >Steve Jobs keynote</a> at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference. 

That email suggested we'd see an "iPhone 5S" with a built-in, slide-out keyboard. The look of that email was less Apple-like than the latest effort, though much of the text was similar. Memo to malware makers: You've learned Photoshop; now try brushing up on your copy editing.
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