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A new
\n e-mail computer worm appears to be the work of spammers trying to defeat
\n anti-spam forces. The W32\/Mimail-L worm replicates like other worms,
\n by e-mailing itself to those in an infected computer’s address
\n book, but it also sends a second message promising delivery of a CD with
\n pornographic content. The link to supposedly prevent delivery of the CD
\n in fact sends an e-mail to one of eight anti-spam organizations.<\/p>\n
Steve Linford of the Spamhaus Project <\/a>said his organization is being flooded from Wired A new e-mail computer worm appears to be the work of spammers trying to defeat anti-spam forces. The W32\/Mimail-L worm replicates like other worms, by e-mailing itself to those in an infected computer’s address book, but it also sends a … Continue reading
\n with complaints from computer users who believe Spamhaus is responsible
\n the CDs. In addition, the worm can turn infected computers into drones
\n that can be used in denial-of-service attacks against the same eight organizations.<\/p>\n
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