CNN.com Daily Top 10 Removal Guide (Uninstall Instructions)
If you use e-mail, then you know that SPAM
has become an epidemic in recent years. The problem with SPAM these days is
that the creators make the e-mails look so legitimate that often a user receiving
the e-mail won't know it is actually SPAM until it is too late. This is shown
with a new SPAM being sent with the subject of CNN.com Daily Top 10.
The CNN.com Daily Top 10 SPAM pretends to be a legitimate e-mail from CNN where
they link to the Daily Top 10 stories. In reality, though, none of the components
of this SPAM/Malware infection are related to CNN at all. Instead, when you
click on any of these links, you will be taken to a site and be presented with
a screen stating that your Flash player is the incorrect version and that your
browser cannot display the site without you downloading the newer version first.
It will then prompt you to download the get_flash_update.exe file, which is
actually a Trojan. [...] (via)
August 11th, 2008

