Gates' Resolve in Bringing Spammers to Justice

An anonymous reader writes "It didn't seem to me like any single company had the stomach to keep after the scum that are ruining the Net for the rest of us. Unless that company is Microsoft. Since the beginning of 2003, Microsoft has filed 96 lawsuits against spammers, and 119 lawsuits against phishers. By any measure, 215 lawsuits constitutes a legal juggernaut. "

Comments

They have the resources, so...

[Elranzer]

...how long until they use this legal and financial power against their "patent infringments"?

Re:Referrer Log Spammers should be sued too

[Simon (S2)]

Even though I don't publish those log stats (so their efforts are to naught), they continue to send their stupid traffic and it's a bit annoying to see in the web log analysis.

I put whatever I want in my Referer header. If you don't like it in your logs, don't log it.
Actually I don't do referer spamming, but I don't like people looking at the page I was visiting before, so sometimes I fill in just random junk, or diable it completely.

Anyway, my point remains: nobody is forcing you to look at my referer string. It's not like junk mail. If you don't like it, don't look at it.

Spamlord

[Doc Ruby]

Microsoft's legal juggernaut vs. spambot Windows installs and Hotmail accounts. Either way, Microsoft wins, with Gates looking like our benevolent protector! That guy really is a genius.