MSNBC: New reason to avoid 'unsubscribe' links
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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