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Author Topic: Virus Alert - "CNN Alerts: My Custom Alert"  (Read 5216 times)

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Offline ZWarrior

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Virus Alert - "CNN Alerts: My Custom Alert"
« on: August 09, 2008, 10:34:25 PM »
There is an email that is passing around that says it is from CNN Alerts, but is actually a virus.  The links in the email will cause you to open a page that will inject a virus into your system.  They use a scrape of the current days news headlines from CNN, and the Full Story link is the only link that is modified.  Very sneaky, but VERY dangerous.

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Alert Name: My Custom Alert

North Korea's nuke aimed at Washington discovered.
Fri, 8 Aug 2008 09:58:48 -0500

FULL STORY


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You have agreed to receive this email from CNN.com as a result of your CNN.com preference settings.
To manage your settings click here.
To alter your alert criteria or frequency or to unsubscribe from receiving custom email alerts, click here.


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Cable News Network. One CNN Center, Atlanta, Georgia 30303
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All Rights Reserved.
View our privacy policy and terms.

Here are the headers:

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Return-path: <magadale1973@edgaronline.com>
Envelope-to: my email address
Delivery-date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:58:45 -0500
Received: from mail.temco1.com ([74.93.78.170])
   by mexico.nswebhost.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69)
   (envelope-from <magadale1973@edgaronline.com>)
   id 1KRTQT-0003nL-H3
   for my email address; Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:58:45 -0500
From: CNN Alerts <magadale1973@edgaronline.com>
Reply-To: magadale1973@edgaronline.com
To: my email address
Subject: CNN Alerts: My Custom Alert
MIME-version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/HTML; charset=US-ASCII
X-ClamAntiVirus-Scanner: This mail is clean
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Offline Mr_Anderson

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Re: Virus Alert - "CNN Alerts: My Custom Alert"
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2008, 09:22:17 AM »
Saw your post last night and I just got this email this morning. Figured its the same thing, just different story.

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CNN Alerts: My Custom Alert
Sunday, August 10, 2008 4:34 AM
From:
"CNN Alerts" <anioju_1990@putnam.com>

   Your E-Mail Alerts
Alert Name: My Custom Alert

Actor Freeman 'in divorce action'
Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:34:53 +0300

FULL STORY

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« Last Edit: August 10, 2008, 07:53:30 PM by ZWarrior »
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Re: Virus Alert - "CNN Alerts: My Custom Alert"
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2008, 07:53:54 PM »
Yep, they scrape the headlines everyday.
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Zoë: Shepard, isn't the Bible kind of specific about killing?
Book: Very specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzy around the area of kneecaps.

 

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