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Cholly
08-11-08, 11:48 AM
I've been getting at least 8 spam messages a day regarding a CNN Alert. Since I've not signed up for CNN, I haven't clicked on any of the links. Now I saw this article on PCWorld daily tech news, confirming my suspicions that it's associated with malware. :mad:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/149642/article.html?tk=nl_dnxnws

Drew2k
08-11-08, 11:59 AM
CNN blogged about this yesterday, but I can't find any reference to it at all right now on CNN's site...

Many other sites are covering the story though.

LarryFlowers
08-13-08, 12:32 PM
And today... they are using MSNBC email as well..

Cholly
08-14-08, 08:39 AM
And today... they are using MSNBC email as well..
Yep -- there was one in my Spam folder this morning, along with another CNN alert and a few other things. I've been hit with as many as 20 Spam messages a day, all being captured by Gmail's Spam filters.

lucky13
08-14-08, 02:21 PM
And today... they are using MSNBC email as well..

I've got CNN, MSNBC and BBC.

My enterprise filter caught them all.

What do I win?