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Writing Viruses for Fun and Profit

Posted by Hemos on from the insidisous-dependence dept.

JMPrice writes "There's a short article over at zdnet that explores a future synergy between viruses and spam, i.e. international crackdown on spam and open relays makes spammers opt to use infected computers instead as relays, and speculates a relationship between the virus writers and spammers."

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  1. foist powst by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yawnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn ...

  2. 2nd post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    2nd post. @ weeks in a row? could it be?

    1. Re:2nd post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Superb second post. I'm getting good at this.

      AC and proud of it.

    2. Re:2nd post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      • Superb second post. I'm getting good at this.
      Translated: I have nothing else to do. Excuse me while I annoy you and waste moderator points.
      • AC and proud of it.
      Translated: AC and ashamed, but I'm too afraid to loose karma

      AC right back at ya!
  3. Re:well, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Especially if you can sell lucrative construction contracts for the reconstruction after the war to your buddies and get a kick back!

  4. The next Slashdot dupe will be ready soon, but sub by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The next Slashdot dupe will be ready soon, but subscribers can beat the rush and see it early!

  5. Re:Soblig by Spudley · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Should I expect to find "herbal remedies" in this zip file?

    Duh. It'll be a bigger pen1s, of course. What else would you expect to find if you open a zip?

    And for that matter, why did you think this virus is called "So Big?"

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  6. Stop spam by going after the source by zornorph · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Everytime I see an article about spam, it always seems to be trying to stop spam after the fact (closing relays, using spamassassin, etc). Why not go after the source instead? If you do get spam, don't bother trying to hunt through email headers and all that, look for contact numbers/emails in the spam that are listed for the 'product' in question. Call them and complain. Sometimes, the company selling the product may not know their promotion is being carried out via spamming, and won't pay that company to spam again. If enough companies realize they are pissing off their potential customers, they just might stop paying the spammers. Once there is no money left in spamming, it will naturally stop on its own.

    Of course, this doesn't address those who don't care or already know they are getting their message out via spam, but at least it would make a good start to reducing my inbox total.

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