Criminalization of Spam

In what is another disturbing example of the complete criminalization of spam, Microsoft has been forced into reconsidering their their all-too predictable Patch Tuesday schedule.

The vulnerability was speeding it's way through the back-alleys of the internet, and apparently the Zero-Day Emergency Response Team (ZERT) was picking up a number of spam messages that, if opened, would expose any Windows machine to the vulnerability, which basically allows the attacker complete control over the computer.

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