Sneaky e-card installs porn ‘worm’

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By Bob Sullivan MSNBC

Oct. 25 — It’s part spam, part pop-up porn ad software, part computer virus, part e-greeting card — but a complete nuisance. Internet users are starting to complain to their anti-virus providers about a suspicious e-mail making the rounds that purports to be a harmless electronic greeting card. But trying to pick up the card has severe consequences: a copy of the e-card e-mail is sent to everyone in the recipient’s Outlook e-mail address book, similar to the worm-like behavior of the Melissa virus or the LoveBug. The incident highlights a disturbing trend: spam advertisers taking up tactics used by virus writers.

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-- Anonymous, October 26, 2002

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Response to Sneaky e-card installs porn ‘worm’

Kill em. Just take the advertisers out and kill em.

Friggin terrorists.

-- Anonymous, October 27, 2002


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