I'm not sure if the CNN.com news alerts I keep receiving in my email address is a virus. I didn't apply for these and I can't find any way to unsubscribe from receiving them. I get about 6 a day and it's getting annoying now. Is there any way I can get rid of it please?

August 6, 2008 (Computerworld) More than a thousand hacked Web sites are serving up fake Flash Player software to users duped into clicking on links in mail that's part of a massive spam attack masquerading as CNN.com news notifications, security researchers said today.

One or more of those sites may have you on their mailing list:

Massive faux-CNN spam blitz uses legit sites to deliver fake Flash

Update: Fake CNN spam mutates as attacks continue


For now, it wouldn't hurt to run the following software inspection tool and update as advised:

https://psi.secunia.com/




Try the following if you are still having issues:

Uninstall 'flash player' (in Add/Remove Programs) and download directly from Adobe.