Sobig Worm Attacking RBL Lists? 260
Ubi_NL writes "According to the Register there is a close correlation between the DDOS attacks on a number of anti-spam lists and the presence of the Sobig virus. Now that Monkeys.com is gone, and spamhaus.org is taking heavy blows, are the spammers actually winning the battle by using viruses?"
taking have blows (Score:2, Funny)
Not really surprising, is it? (Score:5, Funny)
With the efficiency of spam filters and widespread use of blacklists and such, how can the spammers actually make any money? It's logical that they (the spammers) should try to bring attrition to the defenses of mail servers.
Btw, I have a novel idea for bringing spammers out of business. OK, here goes: spammers want to sell you penis enlargement programs, viagra, and pr0n right? Well, what if someone sets up a company solely dedicated to selling these things at the lowest price possible? People could just go to AllMyPerverseNeeds.com and get their fix cheaply and securely. Obviously we can't compete with Nigeria type spams, but it would bring down a lot of spam I think. So, anyone in favor of starting a non-profit Viagra depot?
Nothing new (Score:2, Funny)
Just look at the godawful appearance of the meat, and smell the nasty stench from the can : how can you *not know* there are viruses in spam?
Yuk
This would mean that Spammers are Terrorists: (Score:4, Funny)
What about Aattacking (Score:3, Funny)
How cool?! (Score:4, Funny)
Only in my dreams...
Re:Not really surprising, is it? (Score:3, Funny)
As an example, I would never say to one of my co-workers "Y'know Bob, my penis is kind of small. The wife is really having problems with it lately. And it's just too difficult to get hard. I'm under too much stress, what should I do? I don't want to buy pills that won't work, and I'm afraid of getting ripped off."
"Well, why don't you try www.penispillsattheabsolutelowestpriceeverywhere.
And it works! My wife has never been happier, if you know what I mean..."
That conversation would freak the hell out of me. Spam preys on people because they are scared of their problems going public. They won't even ask their doctor. I doubt that this will ever become water cooler conversation.
Re:Not really surprising, is it? (Score:2, Funny)
Maybe we could pool our money and "sponsor" couple of articles in Cosmo entitled Geeks: They know which buttons to push and Computer Scientists: Should you upgrade your current RAM (wink wink, nudge, nudge)
Breaking news- Slashdot DOS (Score:1, Funny)
the virii have chosen a new target:
spellcheck.slashdot.org
Re:We figured it out this summer (Score:3, Funny)
How about an all out virus war? Write a virus that stealth installs AVG and let it run loose. I can't wait to see the Symantec advisory on that:
"This trojan installs a competitor's product. Here is the remove tool and a link to buy our product."
MOD DOWN (Score:1, Funny)
One, the link is broken.
Two, it just leads to a domain squatter.
"Oh look, it contains a link! +1!" Cretins...
Re:Not really surprising, is it? (Score:3, Funny)
And it works! My wife has never been happier, if you know what I mean..."
"well, I tryed that, but I just got some kind search engine."