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Spam-Bot Intrusion Caught — Now What?

Posted by Cliff on from the searching-for-peace-keepers-on-the-internet dept.

An anonymous reader wonders: "I've recently detected and halted an intrusion on my home computer, taken some actions to prevent further intrusions, and located the software that was running a bot agent. Cursory examination showed that the bot software is intended for acting as an agent for spamming. Configuration files distinctly point at the user/host/domain of several bot-herders — damning evidence. Nothing would please me more than to see this botnet to be caught and disassembled, I'm sure much of the internet-using community would support this. Thanks in advance for your suggestions. So, to whom should I disclose this information for appropriate investigation, follow up, and countermeasures? "

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  1. In Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Spam-Bots catch you!

    1. Re:In Soviet Russia... by Varun+Soundararajan · · Score: 1, Funny

      assuming he is in the US, here too the SpamBot has caught him. Do you mean that we then live in Russia?

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  2. Re:Places to report to... by tacocat · · Score: 4, Funny

    I disagree. If you could determine the physical location of such bot herders and disclose that to the internet at large, I'm sure that there would be a final solution applied that people would be willing to turn their backs on. Especially if you could post photographs, names, and physical addresses.

  3. Use your government by tigersha · · Score: 5, Funny

    Easy.

    Hack into the US Navy weapons control website.

    Search for a file called "city-coords.txt".

    Find out what the lat and long is of the spammer.

    Change the line "Al Queda Base 4:xxx" to reflect the new coordinates.

    Dress as Osama and make a press release with a big "Base 4" sign behind you. Use a good make-up artist if you want.

    Two days leater and BAM!!! the spammer is gone. Your tax dollars at work for you!

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    1. Re:Use your government by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 2, Funny

      Um ... I think you forgot "Profit!".

  4. Re:Virginia Tragedy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    [quote]We [b]will[/b] win in 2008, and you [b]will[/b] lose your guns. And there isn't a damn thing you can do about it[/quote] And criminals [b]will[/b] still, well, be criminals and obtain weapons illegally. Banning guns won't stop crime committed with guns.
    So instead you're advocating a ban on angle brackets?