Lycos Anti-Spam Site Compromised [Updated]

An anonymous reader writes "Lycos, shortly after producing a screen saver to fight spammers using a DoS-style attack appears to have been hacked. Attempting to download the screen saver from lycos results in this message 'Yes, attacking spammers is wrong, you know this, you shouldn't be doing it. Your ip address and request have been logged and will be reported to your ISP for further action.' Or maybe it's just a joke -- can you ever tell?" Update: 12/01 15:07 GMT by T : According to Lycos, the defacement reports were actually just a hoax.

Comments

Lad Vampire unaffected

[Lost Race]

Lad Vampire is still going strong. It's similar to the Lycos thing but only targets 419 scammers.

MD5 sum as of 11/26

[david_594]

I downloaded the installer on 11/26 when the first /. article came out and the MD5 sum of that file was: 237ee99dc7f35d2e2c0a8640086167bf

Re:There we go again...

[evilviper]

You're wrong on so many counts here, it's amazing...

The following are clearly completely untrue:

(x) Mailing lists and other legitimate email uses would be affected
(x) It will stop spam for two weeks and then we'll be stuck with it
(x) Users of email will not put up with it
(x) Microsoft will not put up with it
(x) Requires immediate total cooperation from everybody at once
(x) Anyone could anonymously destroy anyone else's career or business
(x) Jurisdictional problems
(x) Dishonesty on the part of spammers themselves
(x) Countermeasures must work if phased in gradually

All the rest are HIGHLY unlikely to be correct. For instance you suggest this is illegal by selecting several options, yet you haven't pointed to any laws outlawing it.