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Patrick Swayze - Spam based Malware attacks

Storm  Malware attacks have surfaced as spammers are using the passing of Patrick Swayze to redirect users to malicious web sites.  Please avoid these emails in your inbox. Instead use mainstream news links as a source of information.

http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2009/09/16/searches-for-patrick-swayze-info-could-lead-to-malware/
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001769.html
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001770.html

QUOTE: Within hours of the reported death of movie star Patrick Swayze, our Web Analysts saw the first wave of spam related to the event.