Security researchers have received tips of spam messages with the subject lines “Obama Acceptance Speech” or “Amazing Speech by Obama” may contain a serious Trojan infection. From several reports, this Trojan may be capable of stealing your passwords and usernames to certain accounts that you access online.

This new spam message may appear to have come from a reputable news source such as CNN.com or MSNBC but it is usually a hacker using a disguised email address. We know how it was an instance in the past where a CNN.com malspam message caused a great uproar for spreading malware. This case can be just as serious and reach even more computer users by use of the current Presidential Inauguration as a subject to base it off of.

Several other subject lines have been used in the past probably by the same group of hackers who are sending the current Obama related spam messages. It is important to always use good judgment when deciding to open any email message even if it is something that you really want to read or view about the U.S. President. The 2008 election has brought an onslaught of all types of spam messages that use similar subject lines to spread viruses, spyware, Trojans and other malware over the internet.

Do you still get emails related to the Presidential Election or the upcoming Presidential Inauguration? If so, do you know if they are spam messages?

Most people now days refer to “spam” or “spamming” as an action of sending vast amounts of unsolicited email messages. Spam is also well known as a canned meat mainly sold by Hormel Foods Corporation which may be something just as unwanted as a spam email message.

The terminology for an unsolicited email message was not called Spam until 1994 and before then we are sure it had more of a nerd techie type of description that may have not set well with the recipients of spam email. The first deliberate corporate sending of spam emails was sent in the form of advertising by a law firm in 1994. They sent a mass emailing message to over 6,000 recipients. Talking about old-school.

With the modern world of spam today we face a multitude of received spam messages from all kinds of senders. Spam is an increasing issue that affects everyone with an email address. Many people ask if we need the government to step in and take action because of the rate that spam is becoming out-of-control.

For now we can only run our spam protection programs and keep our anti-virus and anti-spyware programs up-to-date to ward off any attacks through spam messages. 30 years a long time go through any type of plague and the “spam plague” is still spreading like wild fire even after 3 decades.