obie7661
06-18-2008, 02:06 PM
What’s Behind the Stupid Face Spam Scourge?
...According to these anti-spam firms, the “stupid-face” messages contain a video.exe file that appears to promise a video clip, but actually contains a link to a site hosting malware that will enslave the victim’s computer in a spam botnet (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/07/technology/07net.html)....
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/18/whats-behind-the-stupid-face-spam-scourge/
...According to these anti-spam firms, the “stupid-face” messages contain a video.exe file that appears to promise a video clip, but actually contains a link to a site hosting malware that will enslave the victim’s computer in a spam botnet (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/07/technology/07net.html)....
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/18/whats-behind-the-stupid-face-spam-scourge/