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mechmike0034
08-05-2008, 03:52 AM
Especially if you don't subscribe to it...

Following the flash link will get you a trojan (http://blog.mxlab.be/2008/08/04/cnn-daily-top-10-leads-users-to-site-hosting-malware/). Ain't social engineering grand?

Maarchk
08-06-2008, 09:42 AM
One of my coworkers downloaded it. What an idiot. Reinstall. Sigh...

zippyjuan
08-06-2008, 12:17 PM
I received the email and like anything from someone I do not know or have not had dealings with, I deleted it.

mechmike0034
08-09-2008, 09:14 PM
http://behindthescenes.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/08/fraudulent-spam-about-cnncom/

renovation
08-09-2008, 09:52 PM
i just get the thill of screwing up other peoples computers by designing trojans and virus. most the time the writers of these never even see the damage they did :)