Alert: “CNN Daily” spam
Here’s a great article explaining what’s behind the “Daily Top 10″ spams going around. The basic bits of the article are that if you click on anything, it will try to load a fake Flash player. It is Windows-only, but will invade and “phone home” to install more malware from the originating server.
Massive faux-CNN spam blitz uses legit sites to deliver fake Flash
Update: We’ve implemented a set of filters that should prevent these emails from being delivered to your mailbox. Monday, Aug 11, 2008.