bearskin Posted December 3, 2004 Report Share Posted December 3, 2004 this is sure to slow things down a bit:Lycos screen saver attacks spammersAt the risk of breaching Internet civility, Lycos Europe is offering computer-users a weapon against spam-spewing servers: a screen-saver program that automatically hits the offenders with data to slow them down. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
echobay Posted December 3, 2004 Report Share Posted December 3, 2004 Thanks for sharing that Bearskin!Kinda falls under that "give 'em back the grief" category eh? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jcl Posted December 3, 2004 Report Share Posted December 3, 2004 Absolutely brilliant move by Lycos. Spammers are about the only people who won't be hurt by this plan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted December 4, 2004 Report Share Posted December 4, 2004 Absolutely brilliant move by Lycos. Spammers are about the only people who won't be hurt by this plan. Any program that starts to clog the net worries me a bit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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