{"id":577,"date":"2008-08-20T03:14:48","date_gmt":"2008-08-20T08:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alsplace.aldenbaker.com\/alsplace\/virus\/577\/new-spam-from-cnn-and-msnbc\/"},"modified":"2008-08-20T03:14:48","modified_gmt":"2008-08-20T08:14:48","slug":"new-spam-from-cnn-and-msnbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alsplace.info\/?p=577","title":{"rendered":"New Spam: From CNN and MSNBC?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- ALL ADSENSE ADS DISABLED -->\n<p align=\"justify\"><font>I have received several phone calls this week from readers saying they have been getting a ton of spam e-mail from CNN and MSNBC. The e-mails have headlines indicating they are breaking news alerts from either of the very popular news companies. Now, I&#39;m sure all of you are smart enough to know that CNN and MSNBC would not actually send out spam, but where are the e-mails coming from?<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font>Well, the e-mails are an attack from a botnet. Currently, several Web sites have been taken over by the worm and they are sending out millions of e-mails a day. While the e-mails look like they are from CNN and MSNBC, they&#39;re <a href=\"http:\/\/rivervet.com\/\">propecia low dose<\/a>  not.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font>If you receive an e-mail from CNN or MSNBC, <strong>do not read it<\/strong>! You should immediately delete those messages and mark them as spam. Reading those e-mails and clicking on the links inside will put your computer at risk. You will be prompted to install a file that says it&#39;s an update for the Flash player. That&#39;s actually a virus. Installing that program will infect your system and turn your computer into a spam machine.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font>Usually, I would say you should report the issue to the company that is being spoofed, but in this case, they&#39;re already very aware of the issue. Just hang in there and the messages will stop once the offending computers are taken offline and disinfected.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font>If you have been fooled into installing the &quot;Flash Update,&quot; you should run a full virus scan immediately. Until next time, stay safe out there, my friends!<\/font><\/p>\n<!-- Social Bookmarks BEGIN -->\n<div class=\"social_bookmark\">\n<a title=\"Click me to see the sites.\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"$$('div.d577').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_down',{duration:2.5}) }); return false;\"><strong><em>Bookmark to:<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\n<br \/>\n<div class=\"d577\" style=\"overflow:hidden\">\n<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a style=\"font-size:90%;text-align: right; \" title=\"Click me to hide the sites.\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"$$('div.d577').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) }); return false;\">Hide Sites<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- Social Bookmarks END -->\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">$$('div.d577').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) }); <\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have received several phone calls this week from readers saying they have been getting a ton of spam e-mail from CNN and MSNBC. The e-mails have headlines indicating they are breaking news alerts from either of the very popular news companies. Now, I&#39;m sure all of you are smart enough to know that CNN [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<!-- Social Bookmarks BEGIN -->\n<div class=\"social_bookmark\">\n<a title=\"Click me to see the sites.\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"$$('div.d577').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_down',{duration:2.5}) }); return false;\"><strong><em>Bookmark to:<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\n<br \/>\n<div class=\"d577\" style=\"overflow:hidden\">\n<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a style=\"font-size:90%;text-align: right; \" title=\"Click me to hide the sites.\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"$$('div.d577').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) }); return false;\">Hide Sites<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- Social Bookmarks END -->\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">$$('div.d577').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) }); <\/script>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[26,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/alsplace.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/alsplace.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/alsplace.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alsplace.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alsplace.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/alsplace.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/alsplace.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alsplace.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alsplace.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}