New malware scam claims Obama to resign. Hint: It’s not true

Mon, Jan 19th, 2009

The fact that malware authors have adapted to using real-world events as attack vectors for their products has ceased to be a novelty and become an expected tactic; it's now common for spammers to kick into high gear when Thanksgiving, Christmas, or even Easter roll around. The launch of an Obama-themed spam campaign late last week comes as no surprise, but the theme itself is a bit unusual. According to the various infected websites (all hosted by Chinese company Xinnet), Obama is quitting.

Here's the malware writers' scoop on the inauguration:

Perceptive linguists also noted that Barack may be deathly afraid of the Articles of the Constitution, given his apparent reluctance to use them in real life, as demonstrated above.

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  1. Ted
    January 19th, 2009 at 15:00

    The question is not IF there will be an interdiction of Obama’s Presidency by the Supreme Court, the questions are WHEN and HOW that interdiction will transpire — that is, if the USA is to continue as the Constitutional Republic that now exists.