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01/16/2005: For what it's worth, a warning....
In the past 25 minutes or so, I've received two emails with the subject line "CNN: Osama Bin Laden captured". In both cases, the email included a URL to visit with the "latest news"; in one of those emails the body of the email included a "password" which is apparently required to access a zip file which would be downloaded when you clicked on the URL. In both cases, too, the URL was to a numeric IP address (i.e., in the form "http://WWW.XXX.YYY.ZZZ/filename.ext", where "WWW", "XXX", "YYY", and "ZZZ" were three digit numbers between "000" and "255").
My guess is that these URLs are set up to point to a webpage that will install something nasty on your computer (especially if you're using Microsoft Internet Exploder instead of a decent browser like Firefox). Needless to say, a quick glance at the real CNN webpage shows no late breaking news about OBL's capture.
If you get those emails, it's probably best to trash them. You Have Been Warned.
:-)
Len on 01.16.05 @ 10:26 AM CST
