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Madonna Has The Swine Flu?

Posted by Josh loposer

 

What a disaster for the hardest working mother in showbiz who's currently in the middle of a nasty court battle to adopt a fourth child. Could it be true that Madonna has caught the dreaded plague of the pig?

In a word, nope -- and don't open any emails about Madonna having swine flu either. Apparently, some clever cyber bandits have seized on Madonna's celebrity appeal and the hysteria going around about the swine flu to make a spam email headline that's just almost too enticing to pass up ( I just had to click on it when I saw it in my news reader).

But don't click it. 

It's not only a hoax, but if you click on the link in one of these emails, hackers could gain access to your computer's hard drive. I don't have to tell you what kind of crazy havoc they could wreak on your life with complete control over your hard drive. 

Said Greg Day of McAfee on the "tricky" hackers, "We see attackers all the time try and trick us into infecting ourselves through the use of current affairs and popular topics… Here is a topic everyone is watching the news for information about and here's a big celebrity who people want to follow the gossip from. People will want to click it and that's the goal from the attackers.

 

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Comments

 

bob marley said:

I dont think she has it

May 1, 2009 10:31 AM
 

siera said:

omg did you see when madonna fell of that horse

May 14, 2009 5:00 PM
 

sarah said:

i know she doesnt have it

May 14, 2009 5:00 PM

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