Warning: New Storm Virus (e-card) messages

Please be aware of a new versions of the "Storm Virus" (e-card) messages that are currently circulating through email. For more information on the storm virus please read this.

Please do not click on the links in messages like this one. Please note the text may vary.

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Member Number: 568653417911
Your Login ID: user7413
Temp Password ID: gd809

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Damn Spam - The New Yorker

Damn Spam
The losing war on junk e-mail.
by Michael Specter

This article talks about the origins or spam, the first being sent across the ARPANET by DEC in 1978, and moves on to modern spam related issues like the Robert Soloway case. Other topics covered include Bayesian filter origins and their effectiveness, the Spamhaus Project and the growing threat of Image spam and professional virus writers.

This articles features quotes and facts from; John Scarrow - the general manager of anti-spam technologies at Microsoft, Matt Sergeant - the chief anti-spam technologist at MessageLabs and Brad Templeton -The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s chairman.

Defiantly worth the read

PDF, XLS spam and Phishing

Virus Bulletin is reporting a sharp increase in spam containing attachments, this time it is sent as an excel spreadsheets being sent to users. This following the trends of sending Images and PDF files in spam messages pushing stocks with false promises to provide big returns on a small investment.

Also an increase in IM spam attempting to Phish your MSN user list has begin circulating; beware of messages with text like this and asking for your IM Login and password.

Check out this web http:// messenger-scan .redirectme .net it tells you who deleted or blocked you from their MSN

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Remember never give out your user name and password to anyone.