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Spammers use swine flu panic to peddle products

Monday, April 27, 2009 - 13:42 in Health & Medicine

Security experts are warning today that computer viruses may be the next part of the swine flu outbreak. Spammers, it seems, have taken advantage of the worldwide panic over the disease.

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