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New Spam Zombies Use ISPs' Mailservers

Posted by samzenpus on from the trust-this-mail dept.

RMX writes "CNet's reporting that the new spam zombie PCs are no longer acting as their own mailservers, but cooperate with the ISPs' recommendation that instead of running your own mail server, to use theirs instead."

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  1. violation of ISP contract? by Starbreeze · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, and then all those zombies lose their ISP accounts, and suddenly become much more aware of the need to secure their PC.

    1. Re:violation of ISP contract? by McNally · · Score: 4, Funny
      Personally I would rather see it this way; if your car is doing something bad, then it should be stopped and not allowed on the road until it's fixed. IE leaking oil on the road, lots of smoke coming out of it, or parts falling off.

      It's not quite clear from context: did you mean "IE" to represent "id est" or "Internet Explorer"?
  2. can we expand the war on terra to include spammers by trolluscressida · · Score: 5, Funny

    I would love to see a Special Ops unit bust down the walls of a spammer's house, beat him, gag him, beat him again, send him to Guantanomo Bay for eternity, and than C-4 the spam servers.

    Everyone should write their congressmen requesting this.

  3. Re:Zombie trick expected to send spam sky-high - t by hunterx11 · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you're karma whoring, at least have the decency to format your text. Only some people hate whores, but everybody hates ugly whores.

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  4. Email Meltdown my ass by mg2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    If we just switched to a secure email system (SSL/TLS, or whatever), a lot of these dumb problems would go away.

    Yes, I know some mail clients don't support this functionality, but come on. Name one of the modern clients that won't do it. Thunderbird, Mail.app, Eudora, Outlook ... they all know how.

    I suppose then you just have to convince users. This, though, should be the easiest part:

    Dear User,
    This email is to notify you that your neighbor has been recieving your monthly e-bank statements and password confirmation emails because you are stubborn and insist on using insecure email protocols.

    Incidentally, we'd like to thank you for your subscription to DAILY LESBIAN ACTION MAIL!!!1

  5. Re:Simple solution by mcc · · Score: 5, Funny

    Otherwise, two problems could be solved in one fell swoop: ... use Pine

    But then they would have a third problem.

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