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Microsoft Wins $3.95 Million from Spammer

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the little-guy-finally-wins dept.

LehiNephi writes "A Washington, D.C. judge fined Daniel Khoshnood, a major spammer, for pretending to be Microsoft in order to attract customers. Specifically, he registered windowsupdate.com (not to be confused with windowsupdate.microsoft.com), then sent out mass email encouraging users to download a toolbar from that website. Although the suit was not specifically about spamming, the mass emails (and subsequent complaints) were what caught Microsoft's attention. So far, Microsoft's campaign against spam has netted them $54 million from six judgments, one dismissal, four settlements, and two bankruptcies. The article doesn't mention whether the toolbar actually lived up to its claims of automatically applying security patches."

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  1. Re:obnoxious troll by zogger · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    He does not appear clueless to me. Let's see your site for comparison.

  2. I thought as much by zogger · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I figured you didn't have a site, nor anything even remotely cool to share, just an anonymous large nasty ego.

    seeya, you can have the last word.

  3. Re:obnoxious troll by the_mad_poster · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yea.. whatevever, I'll toss the troll a bone for my own amusement...

    So, in other words, you're a fifteen year old kid sitting at home in front of your computer posting on slashdot on a Saturday morning?

    I have seven years on you, four jobs, some schooling, and I've been out of the country on occasion whereas you haven't been out of your room in ten years. Yet, somehow, the adults should consider you - king of the blackheads - an authoritative resource on social response to education? You can't even find anything better to do with your time than post on Slashdot on a Saturday morning (go ahead and try to call me on doing the same thing - I dare you). Why should we believe you're worldy enough to have ever even met another PERSON outside of your family, much less one who's been homeschooled?

    A lot of children your age are considering some other options. Maybe you should, too?

    --
    Alito: A vote for Alito is a punch in the eye to put that bitch back in her place!
  4. Washington Times owned by Moonies cult leader by CracktownHts · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    For those who didn't know, the Washington Times has a very interesting background.

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/long term/cult/unification/wtimes.htm/

    Just google for "moonies" for some even juicier information.