Banking on everyone's anticipation over the iPhone 5 announcement from Apple on Tuesday, some hackers are taking advantage of that excitement by sending a fake e-mail with a hook that it's the official announcement from Apple about the iPhone 5. But be warned opening the e-mail will not get you a first look at the iPhone 5 but a nasty Trojan called Mal/Zapchas-A.

The fake e-mail which has a subject line: "iPhone 5G S has been released" and mock-up of an iPhone called the iPhone 5S in the message. The fake e-mail even has a grammatically challenged message that says: "Introducing the iPhone that lets you do more than ever. And do it amazingly faster." If all that doesn't set off warning bells in your head there are several other signs that the message is fake including the see-through display and the big, flash number 5 on the back of the phone.

Clicking on the links in the email will infect your Windows machine but will ignore Mac users which really is ironic given the subject. Security firm Sophos has discovered the Trojan as Mal/Zapchas A which could open your computer to being remotely accessed by other users. The good news is that most-common anti-virus programs can remove the Trojan but the best way to avoid it is by simply ignoring any e-mail you get with an iPhone 5 announcement.

This isn't the first time hackers have tried to take advantage of a big event about Apple. A similar e-mail had been sent to users back in June just before the Steve Jobs keynote speech at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference. The e-mail had the same hook as this current e-mail announcing a new iPhone to trap users. It looks like the same hackers are back with their same bag of tricks. Excited Apple fans should just wait for the actual Apple announcement this week instead of risking a malware infection in their computers.