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Free Web Hosting a Fount of Malware
daria42 writes "It looks as if free Web space services are increasingly being used to host spyware, with Internet security firm Websense claiming more of such dodgy material was found on free hosting services during the first two weeks of July than in May and June combined. "These fraudulent, free personal Web sites have an average lifespan of two to four days, making them difficult to trace," said an executive from the company."
I've been paying GoDaddy to host my Malware all this time?!
Spammers and crackers abusing free internet facilities?! Perish the though.
>>Outlawing free/homesteading sites would be likely be found unconstitutional in the U.S.
Not with the current Criminals-in-command.
Thanks and have a Bush_Cheney_Rove_Rice_free-day,
Kilgore Trout, CEO
I'd say that the gov't should make these companies provide more authentication
Or the way privacy is going these days, charge a $0.01 setup fee payable only by credit card.
Culture is more than commerce
My favorite part is the fact that he has Snow Crash on his bookshelf.
Yeah, I clicked it.
And so did you. You KNOW it.
El riesgo vive siempre!
That was a pretty fun CAPTCHA! I am a human, what a relief. May I suggest that if you end up rolling this out that you make a way for blind people to do it also, like maybe they can e-mail you for access. Although since you were so informative about CAPTCHAs, you probably already had something in mind for blind people.
Researchers have discovered that the Microsoft Windows operating system (all flavors) has been hosting spyware, virus and other malicious crap that comes off the Internet and spreads it to other computers attached to the same LAN at a faster rate than any other time in the last 10 years. Microsoft released a statement saying that Windows does it better than Linux and encouraged all users to immediately upgrade to Windows Vista. :P