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Lycos Anti-Spam Screensaver Brings Down Spam Sites

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the online-vigilantes dept.

ChairmanMeow writes "According to BBC News, the screensaver released by Lycos Europe that targets spam websites has been a bit too successful at targeting spam sites, bringing down two sites, with a third responding intermittently, and raising concerns that the screensaver amounts to a DDoS attack against spam sites. Of course, spammers deserve to be punished, but will DDoS attacks against spam websites help to curb the problem of spam?" While the screensaver allegedly throttles back when a site slows, it would seem it's being a bit overzealous.

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  1. Yes! by SoupGuru · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Wait! No. I mean, yes! Crap.

    FedEx?

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