Getting spammed by CNN and Microsoft…

A new round of spam has been showing up in inboxes the past 2 weeks. The first round purports to come from CNN, with the subjects “Daily Top Ten” or “My Custom Alerts”; the other looks like it is from admin@microsoft.com and has the subject “Internet Explorer 7″. The gotcha in the CNN spam is a link to supposed CNN videos that require you to download and install “Flash Player”; of course the download is actually malware and will infect your computer. As always, never open any unsolicited email, even if it seems to come from a legimate source.