My god, people - it doesn't even look legitimate
From: http://www.webpronews.com/news/ebusinessnews/wpn-45-20050610JacksonSuicideTopicFuelsMaliciousEmail.html
"A mass mailed e-mail carrying a link to an alleged account of a suicide attempt by Michael Jackson connects to a malware site.
"The spam contains misspellings and looks like this:
Subject: Re: Suicidal aattempt
Message text:
Last night, while in his Neverland Ranch, Michael Jackson has made a suicidal attempt.
They suggest this attempt follows the last claim was made against the king of pop. 46 years old Michael has left pre-suicid note which describes and interpretes some of his sins.
Read more...
"The Read More text contains the malicious link. Users should, as usual, make sure their antivirus software is up to date. All computer users should be very careful about clicking on weblinks in unsolicited email or launching unknown attachments."
I really don't think that users need to keep abreast on the lastest antivirus updates, I think they just need to stop being...IDIOTS. Seriously, it's like some bored fob wrote that rather than an actual journalist. I don't know why this is making me so upset. Maybe it's b/c mishaps like this can be so easily prevented. Grr.
"A mass mailed e-mail carrying a link to an alleged account of a suicide attempt by Michael Jackson connects to a malware site.
"The spam contains misspellings and looks like this:
Subject: Re: Suicidal aattempt
Message text:
Last night, while in his Neverland Ranch, Michael Jackson has made a suicidal attempt.
They suggest this attempt follows the last claim was made against the king of pop. 46 years old Michael has left pre-suicid note which describes and interpretes some of his sins.
Read more...
"The Read More text contains the malicious link. Users should, as usual, make sure their antivirus software is up to date. All computer users should be very careful about clicking on weblinks in unsolicited email or launching unknown attachments."
I really don't think that users need to keep abreast on the lastest antivirus updates, I think they just need to stop being...IDIOTS. Seriously, it's like some bored fob wrote that rather than an actual journalist. I don't know why this is making me so upset. Maybe it's b/c mishaps like this can be so easily prevented. Grr.