This was sadly inevitable, but you can see what to avoid here, courtesy of Sophos. The file itself seems to be a commonplace Banking Trojan popular in Brazil - a variant of which was used in the Orkut Worm attack last year. I expect we'll see many more variations on this in the weeks to come - indeed, there are already fake "donation websites" popping up online so be careful what you click on...
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