Microsoft Wins $3.95 Million from Spammer

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."

Comments

Beware!

[KI4BBO.org]

Spammers beware! :) Yeah, thats some pretty cray stuff, I dont see why windows wouldn't have registered windowsupdate.com.... I dunno :)

confussed 101

[laserbeak]

so what do us slashdotters do now, MS beat a spammer, we hate both, but the hardest part is coming up with a discision on who to flame!!!?

I actually feel a little nauseous.

[Gannoc]

Microsoft... and LAWSUITS.. and... sweet Jesus. This is a good thing!?

I feel the same way I would if Osama Bin Laden gave me a preview copy of Half Life 2 - conflicted and bewildered.

Re:How do we feel?

[tabby]

kill them all and let god sort them out!