Your email subject line reads "We have hijacked your baby"

What should you do when you get an email that says your child has been hijacked? We assume the poor grammar means kidnapped. And the email both asks for a $50,000 ransom, and has a picture of your child. The picture is the payload in this fraudulent spam message.

Sophos, an internet security firm, tells us they're seeing these messages and the picture has a Trojan horse designed to steal your personal, confidential information. Spammers and hackers have reached a new low. But users must beware. Keep the virus definitions up to date, and don't open the email attachments from people you don't know and don't expect. Especially in this case, watch for that subject line. It is a hoax.