MSNBC Spam-O-Rama

[ Thanks to Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for this link. ]

"In early August, a flood of similar spam messages poured out. These pretended to be from CNN and also had over-the-top headlines with links to bogus sites. Once there, you'd get a message telling you that you had to upgrade your Adobe Flash Player. If you'd had gone that far your only choice was to either download the "Flash Player," which was actually one of several malware packages or quit your browser."

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