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Alert: beware of CNN fake alert mail.

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By secgeeks - Posted on August 9th, 2008
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If you receive a mail saying that CNN alerts,beware of opening it.it contains a link which will force you to download an exe file.It will represent itself as an activex installation but actully it is a virus.
look at the bellow screenshot.
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Fake CNN Alerts Get Funny
from Frank La Vigne on Thu, 14/08/2008 - 01:02