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Swine Flu Subjects and e-Pharmacy Sites

Friday, May 1, 2009 at 7:09am by David Marcus
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We have been getting quite a few requests for screenshots of swine flu spams as well as the e-pharmacy sites they link to. Your wish is our command. …

The image below is a collection of a bunch of swine flu spams:

Swine Flu Spams

You may notice several things here. First they are mainly text and links. Next, they use some good keywords: Obama, Gore, Madonna, Salma Hayek, and swine flu itself. Notice the linkage? They all seem to point to the .cn domain. Yes, .cn is China, but they are all redirects. When I looked at the Internic registry info it was a round-robin of Chinese and Russian domains and NS records.

Here is a screenshot of the e-pharmacy they all lead to:

Swine Flu e-Pharm Site

You guessed it. It’s our old friend the “Canadian” e-pharmacy. Very clean and professional looking indeed; make sure you avoid these.

As we have pointed out for the last several days, these people are bottom feeders. My colleague Guilherme Venere quite clearly showed in his recent post that they are now linking directly to malware as well, so it is important to stay updated and educated.

Remember, if you need credible information on swine flu, go directly to the World Health Organization’s website. And if you need meds–maybe a ride to the doctor would be safer.

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