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New Spam Frontier: Referer Logs

Posted by timothy on from the die-spammers-die dept.

geoffsmith writes "Wired News is reporting that spammers are using referer logs as a cheap new way to spam small sites. Anyone running a website has probably already seen this phenomenon; I'm thinking of writing a script to remove these entries from my access_log by looking for hits that don't grab my images. (sorry lynx users!)"

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  1. Re:They will never stop. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
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    Ream in now ream out!

    Ass up now ass down!

    Back up, back up!

    Tell me what ya gonna do now?!



    Keep trollin', trollin', trollin', trollin'!

    What?

    Keep trollin', trollin', trollin', trollin'!

    C'mon!

    Keep trollin', trollin', trollin', trollin'!

    Yeah!

  2. Re:Spam Lite by Tablizer · · Score: 1, Troll

    For about the past 2 weeks, the amount of spam in my hotmail inbox has dropped from about 40 to around 15 a day. Anyone else had something similar to this happen?

    Yes, when I stopped using Hotmail.

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    Table-ized A.I.
  3. Re:Well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Victims of the snipping spree were FBI employees and various government robotrons. Even tought the media added a melo dramatic turn to it, people getting shot deserves it. And I wouldn't be surprised if the mugshot you seen on the front page of all major newspapers is not the real culprit. Enjoy American authorities at work for your own entertainment.