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Lycos Anti-Spam Site Compromised [Updated]

Posted by timothy on from the spy-vs-jerk dept.

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.

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  1. Linux by ajs318 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Anyone tried to compile the MacOS X version under Linux? Any success?

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