Spam-Bot Intrusion Caught — Now What?

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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Virginia Tragedy

[Anonymous Coward]

I guess it's time to repeal the second amendment, huh? ;)
Anyone who doesn't support gun control shares responsibility for this tragedy. Libertarians, Republicans- you all have blood on your hands today, every single one of you.

We will win in 2008, and you will lose your guns. And there isn't a damn thing you can do about it

:)

Re:Virginia Tragedy

[Anonymous Coward]

And there isn't a damn thing you can do about it Except use our guns.

Try it.

Re:Virginia Tragedy

[Anonymous Coward]

You asshole, the very people you're depending on for '08 LIKE GUNS.

I'll go ahead and bite. Gun grabbers are the reason why the virginia campus was a gun free zone, meaning that CCW holders had to leave their's at home, and were completely defenseless when the shooter showed up. Gun grabbers are why the majority of the students were legally prohibitted from purchasing and carrying a means of stopping that violence because they weren't 21.

Have you considered the real world results of banning guns? Even if every gun in the world was magic'ed out of existence, and all manufactoring of firearms was banned, guess how long it would take for all of the private metal shops in the world to make more? Guess how much having a monopoly on firearms is worth? How much more in taxes are you willing to pay for the armoury's necessary to keep all law enforcement firearms safe and out of criminal hands? How much of a paycut are you willing to bare from the sudden influx of unemployed gun shop, factory, range, employees who would be out of work? Where will the money come from for enforcement? What are the citizens of a small town supposed to do if a police force decides to hold their entire town hostage at the county fair? What am I supposed to do if I come home to a man raping my wife with a chef's knife in hand? What am I supposed to do if I see you getting mugged by a gang armed with baseball bats and hammers?

The violent crime rate, and prison population would actually go up due to the steroids shot to the illegal arms dealing industry and the remaining constant of demand for death fueled by overpopulation and poverty.

You just don't get it. Gun control is a knee jerk reaction with no connection to reality. You don't know the facts, and you have no real world experience to support your beliefs. I've been friends with the types of people you're scared of, and I'll tell, gun control is the least of their concerns. Possession and distrobution charges aren't very high on their list either. They are more scared of their clients than the law, and are more scared of market prices than legality. They've been walking around the fences you want to reenforce for decades, and their worst nightmare is the lack of fence.

Gun control is like trying to wrap jello in rubber bands because you want the jello to disappear.

Re:Virginia Tragedy

[Anonymous Coward]

You're a goddamn douchebag. i'm a liberal (civil, non-democrat), and i'm keeping my guns. Mostly to keep whackjob partisans at bay - whether they be raging "every man for himself, might makes right" republicans and libertarians or "gun violence and other social problems will just magically go away if we say they're illegal" democrats. you're all a bunch of assholes.

peace to those injured and dead today. i weep for them.

fuck you for trying to make it political.

(/me takes the troll bait hook line and sinker.. sigh)

Re:We could always...

[Anonymous Coward]

I know not of this "dot slash dot" of which you speak.

ATTN: SWITCHEURS!

[Anonymous Coward]

If you wish Xcode would reformat your code for consistency, GTFO.
If you're overwhelmed by IB's multi-paletted interface, GTFO.
If you've ever typed a backslash outside of ASCII art, GTFO.
If you can't intuit your way from HyperTalk to AppleScript, GTFO.

Bandwagon jumpers are not welcome among real Mac geeks. Keep your filthy PC fingers to yourself.

Re:Places to report to...

[Nova1313]

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.