[ 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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