Yet another good reason not to click on unsubscribe links

[SuperSparks]

Spam infections part 1 (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/22/opt-out_exploit/)

Spam infections part 2 (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/05/messagelabs_spam_warning/)

[DuaneB]

Maybe you should re-name those links. If I didn't trust you I wouldn't have clicked on them. :D

[SuperSparks]

LOL Duane, I didn't think of that :D :D

Links renamed.

[Vernon Frazee]

MSNBC: New reason to avoid 'unsubscribe' links (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6208701/)
Clicking could turn you into a spammer, too

By Bob Sullivan
Technology correspondent
MSNBC
Updated: 6:29 p.m. ET Oct. 8, 2004

We've always been told that trying to "opt-out" from spam messages is probably a bad idea. Spam filtering firm MessageLabs now says there's a new reason not to click -- spammers are starting to sneak special code into that opt-out link which turns the spam recipient into an unwitting accomplice. The link is really a clever trick designed to turn the victim's computer into a zombie that can be used to send out more spam.

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