Lycos Antispam Screensaver Draws Fire
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A screensaver developed by Lycos Europe that gives spammers a dose of their own medicine is attracting plenty of attention, but not all of it good.
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In launching âMake Love Not Spamâ Lycos this week started a controversial bid to battle unsolicited messages through a custom-designed website.
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Just days after releasing a free screen saver program that uses computer downtime to swamp Web sites associated with spam, Lycos Europe has found itself caught in a fight with spammers.
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A campaign by Lycos Europe to target spam-related websites appears to have been put on hold. Earlier this week the company released a screensaver that bombarded the sites with data to try to bump up the running costs of the websites.
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Lycos Europe launched the "Make Love, Not Spam" screensaver, which repeatedly requests information from Web sites advertised in spam, reducing the performance of those sites.
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Spammers are suspected of hacking into and downing Lycosâs anti-spam Web site just hours after it went live. The Web site is currently inaccessible and could also be the victim of a DDoS attack.
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Security experts warn of banner ads with a bad attitude--and a link to malicious code. Also: Phishers, be gone.
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A screensaver targeting spam-related websites could help drive spammers out of business.
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com. Lycos Europe is taking the fight to the enemy, launching a screensaver that conducts a group denial-of-service attack against sites marketing products via spam.
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Lycos Europe has axed the distribution of a controversial screensaver designed to target websites that profit from spam, claiming that the company has made its point.
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Lycos Europe Cans Anti-Spam Effort  Lycos Europe attempted to get back at the leading spammers of the world through an initiative called âMakeLoveNotSpamâ. The move was applauded by the ordinary user of the web considering more than a lakh users downloaded the screensaver from the official website. However, many ISPs and ...
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Worried about spyware? spam? "spim"? AOL wants to set your mind at rest. Also: Putting patches in place.
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A plan to bump up the bandwidth bills of spammers seems to be getting out of control. Earlier this week Lycos Europe released a screensaver that bombards spam websites with data to try to increase the cost of running such sites.
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Screensaver offers to "spam the spammers," but not everyone is pleased with its message.
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eTrust Antivirus mistook a critical security process for malware.
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Most sites are ignoring a new Firefox add-in that can block Web ads. The Daily Kos, however, is asking users of the product to buy subscriptions.
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Lycos vigilante attack on spammers has been hit by a vigilante attack. Spammers are suspected.