Buy the original Olympic Torch from Beijing

"Buy the original Olympic Torch from Beijing"

That was one of the fake headlines in the latest "CNN.com Daily Top 10" malware spam I've been getting lately. This particular spam is a fake newsfeed which redirects you to one of many sites. All the sites have the same thing in common: they are designed to trick you into installing fake anti-malware software.

I sent some screenshots I took to Sandi, and she wrote up a nice warning about it.

Published 08 August 2008 08:38 PM by jesper
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# AdamV said on 20 August, 2008 01:55 AM

Best one of these MSNBC news feed malware mails that I have received (out of dozens of variants) had the headline:

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse to split: Pestilence goes solo

At least the malspammers have a sense of humour!

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