Spam-Bot Intrusion Caught — Now What?

Posted by Cliff on Monday April 16, 2007 @05:31PM 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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Re:Places to report to... by Nova1313 · 2007-04-16 23:52 · Score: 0, Offtopic

people get pulled over for that all the time. Jersey stopping :) They get punished. So should these people. From behind, nightly from behind bars. So I would be more then happy if these people got screwed. It's a fitting punishment.

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