Author Topic: Spammers survive botnet shutdowns (Read 1946 times)

Clive · « **on:** March 18, 2010, 13:09 »

Spam levels have not been dented by a series of strikes against controllers of networks of hijacked computers.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8570993.stm

Rik · « **Reply #1 on:** March 18, 2010, 13:15 »

Are we surprised?

Simon · « **Reply #2 on:** March 18, 2010, 13:25 »

Disappointed.

Rik · « **Reply #3 on:** March 18, 2010, 13:27 »

I get surprisingly little spam...

Simon · « **Reply #4 on:** March 18, 2010, 13:27 »

That could be fixed.

Rik · « **Reply #5 on:** March 18, 2010, 13:28 »

Clive · « **Reply #6 on:** March 18, 2010, 13:50 »

I get masses of it! More annoyingly it's finding its way around my spam filters too.

Simon · « **Reply #7 on:** March 18, 2010, 14:21 »

It's those sites you visit...

Rik · « **Reply #8 on:** March 18, 2010, 15:45 »

Or is it Mrs Clive?

Clive · « **Reply #9 on:** March 18, 2010, 18:42 »

We have separate computers. She hates my browser for starters and prefers the laptop.

Rik · « **Reply #10 on:** March 18, 2010, 18:49 »

The spam could attach to the IP address, Clive.

Clive · « **Reply #11 on:** March 18, 2010, 19:10 »

Good point Rik. She gets a completely different type of spam to me though.

Rik · « **Reply #12 on:** March 18, 2010, 19:11 »

What, no blue tablets?

Simon · « **Reply #13 on:** March 18, 2010, 19:14 »

They're not spam, they're his order confirmations.

Clive · « **Reply #14 on:** March 18, 2010, 19:22 »

What, no blue tablets?

No, ALL blue tablets!