Email 'bomb' program warning

Anyone tempted to download an email 'bombing' program that will inundate other surfers with unwanted emails has been warned they could become a victim themselves.

A program currently circulating in the cybercriminal underground lets anyone who downloads it send thousands of emails to a single address at the click of the button whether as a prank or for more sinister reasons.

"Sure, it sounds like a cool way to annoy people - enter their address, and watch them drown in a sea of identikit mail bombs," said Christopher Boyd of FaceTime security on the SpywareGuide Greynets Blog.

However, to actually download the program in the first place you will need to sign up to a forum and part of this process involves entering your email address.

"Think about that for a second. You just gave some random guy off the internet - the creator of a Mail Bombing program - your email address," said Boyd.

"I mean, there's lemmings and there's cliffs, but there's also running into a hail of Tommy Gun fire screaming 'DO IT, DO IT NOW'," Boyd continued.