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Well, according to the article and other sources ALTRIKS is doing some illegal things... such as harvesting email records from whois queries and installing malware on people's computers without their express permission. If the president authorized these actions, that would indeed make him a criminal.

Now and if this is all wrong and all of the sources (including Spamhaus and ALTRIKS OWN WEBSITE) that list ALTRIKS illegal operations is just part of a massive campaign by the defendant to defame ALTRIKS, then I'm fine with the defendant being penalized. Then he would also be able to get busted for hacking into ALTRIKS own web site.

You can even sign-up on their website. I would suggest being careful about that thought. According to their privacy statement, they can sell your name and e-mail address to (other?) spammers.

We may share some of your information such as name and e-mail address with third party sponsors.

You can even sign-up on their website. I would suggest being careful about that thought. According to their privacy statement, they can sell your name and e-mail address to (other?) spammers.

We may share some of your information such as name and e-mail address with third party sponsors.

You can even sign-up on their website. I would suggest being careful about that thought. According to their privacy statement, they can sell your name and e-mail address to (other?) spammers.

We may share some of your information such as name and e-mail address with third party sponsors.

You can even sign-up on their website. I would suggest being careful about that thought. According to their privacy statement, they can sell your name and e-mail address to (other?) spammers.

We may share some of your information such as name and e-mail address with third party sponsors.

7,000,000+ consumers have registered a domain for their own personal use and have created Web sites that share everything from jokes to family pictures. A key part of their registration is supplying credit card information, resulting in a file with all major credit card selects available.

Whois:

• Atriks, LLC
  55 Bridge Street
  Manchester, NH 03101-1188
  Phone- 603-624-7008
  Fax- 603-624-9089
  hostmaster@atriks.com

Atriks is a mailing list company. "Atriks offers targeted public record data that comes entirely from publicly available Internet sources. We collect, compile, aggregate and provide the most high-quality, complete, and up-to-date data possible for every individual and business with a presence on the Internet." They're a member of the Direct Marketing Association. They claim a server farm with 330 servers and seven terabytes of data. Here are some of the lists they offer:

• Atriks Broadband Consumers "1,000,000+ consumers who have demonstrated a thirst for better technology and a willingness to spend money for enhanced products and services are included."
• Atriks Personal Domain Owners with Credit Cards "7,000,000+ consumers have registered a domain for their own personal use and have created Web sites that share everything from jokes to family pictures. A key part of their registration is supplying credit card information, resulting in a file with all major credit card selects available."
• Atriks Subscribers by ISP "6,700,000+ subscribers identified by ISP are included in this database. Mailers can target these subscribers by more than 100 selectable ISP providers."

Atriks is co-located with a local ISP, MV Communications.. MV has been in business for many years. They have modest backbone connections for an ISP; 6Mb/s to Global Crossing, 12Mb/s to Level 3, and 12Mb/s to Paetec. Unclear at this time if MV and Atriks have common ownership.

They're what the DMA would call a "legitimate spammer".

According to WHOIS, it looks like the folks at Atriks are behind this. You can contact them directly (toll free!) at 866-624-7008. You know, if you wanted more information about this, or something.