Don't opt out of spam
October 07 2004
Don't opt out of spam
Security company issues warning
Security outfit MessageLabs has warned that spammers are now using the opt-out link to turn PCs into open proxies for distributing more spam. The company said email users should not click on such opt-out links provided in spam emails as they used an exploit in Microsoft's Internet Explorer to download an executable file when a user clicked on such links. Once this file was on a PC, it could be remotely updated by spammers. Machines were then vulnerable to having passwords stolen and keyloggers installed, as well as becoming an open proxy.
Reproduced from an article published by The Inquirer
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