Don't opt out of spam

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Don't opt out of spam

Security company issues warning


By Nick Farrell

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.

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