Maybe you also received the
spam regarding this newspost, I did. A while back I received several mails which
contained information on how to purchase Symantec products, the prices were
below normal retail prices but of course these mails quickly dissapeared in the
trash can.
Today we can read
on TheRegister that the senders of these mails were not only spamming, but
also sold counterfeited Symantec products. Symantec has started a legal
procedure against CD Micro, the company behind the spam.
2002 after spammed email from CD Micro offering Symantec products at grossly reduced prices were brought to its attention. Investigations revealed the software, offered through a Web site called Free-IRewards.com, was counterfeit. CD Micro was unresponsive to Symantec's inquiries into the matter, resulting in legal action taken by Symantec to halt the distribution of the counterfeit software. |
Symantec estimates it has lost about 3.3 million dollars due to the
spamming and is seeking ways to recover these losses by sueing CD
Micro.
Source: TheRegister.co.uk
