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Malicious E-Cards - An Analysis of Spam

smashr writes "I ran across this article the other day which is a rather clear analysis of a piece of malicious spam the author received. While most of us simply hit the delete key, the author has taken the time to see exactly what is going on when an innocent user clicks on one of these fake e-cards that are going around. From Russian spyware sites to over-writing wmplayer.exe this particular piece of spam is a rather nasty one."

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  1. Just say NO to [prescription] drugs!!! by Thud457 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Goddamn bitch whacked out on Zoloft robbed the world of Troy McClure and the incomparable Lionel Hutz.

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    the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

  2. Re:Bah by orthogonal · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Plus I like looking at a dark terminal when reading mail.

    Personally, when reading email I prefer looking into a dark monolith that's full of star for pixels.

    Unfortunately, that doesn't run under cygwin because it's forever off-limits to us: while all the other worlds are ours, the monolith's on Europa, and we can attempt no landings there.

    Maybe I can get Thumderbird to show... naw.

  3. Icon + Pilgrimage == TOURISM by rdmiller3 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Anyone else catch the phrases, "historic icon" and "scientific pilgrimage" in one quote from the leading 'discoverer'?

    I wonder how many ships of the same class as the HMS Beagle were made, and how much it'll cost the locals to get it endorsed as 'authentic'?

    And isn't it amazing how these fans of evolutionary theory are almost religious about it all?

    Evolutionism is a religion when they say that they know how something evolved. Creationism is a science when they find a fossilized hat and disprove the accuracy of commonly accepted dating methods.