From the Globe and Mail:
Pfizer Inc. and Microsoft Corp. are teaming up to fight the slew of spam e-mails hawking Viagra that invade consumers' computers.
The companies said Thursday they had filed a total of 17 lawsuits against defendants involved in the sale and distribution of the blockbuster erectile dysfunction drug.
Microsoft, the Redmond, Wash., software giant, has targeted spammers before, but this is the first time the company has joined forces with a nontechnology firm.
As many as one in every four spam e-mails advertise Viagra, Microsoft and Pfizer said.
Consumers often mistakenly think the e-mails are sent by New York-based Pfizer and that the drugs they order through these on-line pharmacies are legitimate, said Beth Levine, Pfizer's general counsel for U.S. pharmaceuticals. ...more
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