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	from Mary Landesman Bogus greeting card email continues to flood inboxes. Instead of friendly missives from loved ones, the cards deliver credential stealing Trojans. Along with the greeting card spam, a new breed of pump and dump scams are dumping unwanted PDF files in inboxes everywhere. Find out about these and other top Internet scams in this week's Antivirus newsletter.
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Top Online Email and Internet Scams The Internet makes it easier for scammers, con artists, and other online miscreants to carry out their virtual crimes - impacting our real life finances, security, and peace of mind. These online scams are constantly evolving - here are the most common today.             More Topics Phish-BuyPhony The State of Spam Email Scams, Phishing, & Fraud Why Plain Text Email is Safer Email Hoaxes and Myths Top Spyware Scanners Top Windows Antivirus Fake Microsoft Security Bulletins TrojanDownloaders were mass-spammed in an email masquerading as a Microsoft Security Bulletin. Instead of a patch to beef up security, the malicious link pointed to a downloader Trojan that installs other miscreant files on the system.   PDF Spam Attack Pump and dump stock scammers are turning to PDFs because sending spam as an image file makes it easier for spam filters to stop the unwanted mail.     Sponsored Links   Have a Healthy Smile Learn how to get your smile its brightest, and whether tooth whitening is right for you. • How Does Whitening Work? • How to Prevent Bad Breath

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