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Deozaan

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Webmail spam.
« on: February 25, 2010, 11:20 PM »
Am I the only the only one who sees the humor in this? (image has been blurred in some places to protect the innocent)

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Aside from the humorous oxymoron this image provides, can anyone offer explanation on how this would work?

It's an e-mail from a friend, but it's obviously spam. Normally I'd think she just got a virus but how would a virus get access to her webmail account? Maybe a trojan/keylogger? Maybe her password was compromised?

I've actually received spam from two friends recently (in the past couple months) who use Hotmail accounts. I haven't been paying attention to the Weekly Tech News that Ehtyar normally puts out, has the recent Hotmail account compromises been in the news lately?
« Last Edit: February 25, 2010, 11:22 PM by Deozaan »

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