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Comcast Thinks About Stopping Zombies

Posted by timothy on from the get-to-it-fellas dept.

LehiNephi writes "Comcast has finally admitted that its users are responsible for a large amount of spam, and they are thinking about how to stop it. Apparently they haven't been turning a blind eye to the problem after all. The simple, blanket approach of blocking all traffic on port 25 would have too many side effects, particularly for users running their own mail servers. However, they can block that port on individual cable modems-a sort of surgical strike. As far as I'm concerned, the sooner they implement this, the better!"

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  1. Great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I say they just post their home addresses to the public. Much better way to stop zombies, I think.

  2. Here's an idea. by d474 · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    • Zombie computers arise when spammers seize on bugs in Microsoft Windows
    Here's an idea on how to stop spam. Stop using Microsoft? Nah, we love our spam too much.
    --
    Authority questions you. Return the favor.
  3. Thank you MickeyMou$e by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Thanks to MickeyMou$se, we can expect to see
    more and more restrictions due to virus writers
    taking advantage of $ecurity flaw$ in M$ Window$
    and related $oftware

  4. Re:How to tell? (The Slashdot Evidence) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    If your running...

    If you're running...
    If you are running...

    Learn how to use the language, you cockbiting fucktard.

  5. Re:read your usage agreement by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Comcast IS proposing....

    Damn illiterate fuck.