why isnt spam or spyware illegal?
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because it is own by corporate America and corporation are who pay the president large amounts of money to pass bills in their favor. blame Bush, it works for everything else!
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http://www.spamcop.net/bl.shtml?209.191.85.88\nIt seems to ok now. its not blocked.
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Spam is a spyware program enabled upon opening of an unknown email, such as ads or malicious emails sent by hackers. When opened and ran, spam sits in your PC's hard drive and slows everything down. Also a good way to get viruses as well.
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Sorry to burst your bubble, but actually - none of them. Any p2p will open your computer to all kinds of spyware infections.  Download at your own risk!
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Yes to control spam, spammers use software which can not get around this obstacle for now! It does it to me once in a while too! No biggie\nG-Rob
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though is not illegal u can still use near illegal ways to counter it....instead of paying people to email everyone they just make a computer do it for them....best thing to do is fight fire with fire, since its always online it gets emails weather or not it has it on or not but u might have to go around it blocking all mail... so wrte up a spammer or get one like n e where on the internet and spam the computer right back eventualy it will freeze and since no one know what there doing it they will just leave the computer there and no more spam from him... if not u can easily make ur own smtp using program and make ur own email service its really not that hard...i have one... and no one can spam u because to them u dont exist....or u can just use yahoo mail since it has the best spam blocker on the net.....i hate google
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Absolutely NOT!!!! It is FULL of SPYWARE!!!!!
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Yes, donations are legal- they are not demanding a fee- Most of those sites provide us with great free tools, aka Spy Bot search and destroy, is free, but, does have a place to donat money for their time and energy.
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Spyware comes from programs you download like file-sharing. It's piggy-backs on these programs that you thought were free.\n\nIt can also come in through viruses or defects in browser security. The best way to deal with it is to keep your Operating System constantly updated and get a spyware scanner or two.
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Ignore Susan J's answer. She's a spamming skankbot who's shilling for software with a very shady past.\n\nhttp://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10658514~mode=flat\nhttp://castlecops.com/postp215483.html\nhttp://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=8615
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Guess ur talking about downloading illegal stuff, cause otherwise the server actually keeps a log of what u have downloaded so they would know.\nIf you are using rare software, encrypted software or servers that are only available to "members" its very hard to be caught.\nUsually if u share much, u have a greater chance of getting caught (they go for big fry). Otherwise no worries. :)\nFuck the MPIAA etc.
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Doesn't spam give you viruses?
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Take the above answers with a grain of salt...\n\nHere's the basics.  A virus (or malware - I'll just use the term virus) most often gets on your system via a file, in your case from a spam email, that you then execute (you can also get them through OS or browser bugs, but it's the same concept).  Once executed, the virus is free to do whatever it was programmed to do.\n\nYou're free to delete that original downloaded file with no damage resulting.  BUT...you've run it, and it's possibly elsewhere in your system...your system is compromised.  The virus can attach itself to any file it wants, including system files, and if these are deleted, your system can get damaged.\n\nFirst, I would run a Housecall scan (antivirus), then install and run an anti-spyware product, then install a (free?) anti-virus.
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using priated software is crime.\nnot reporting this crime is also a crime.\nu can contact cyber police station\nor the software vendor itself.
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it has something to do with dvd ripping i think.. it aint malicious or spyware
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That's illegal stuff there downloading it using ANY P2P network, if you get caught downloading you can get heavily fined..
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the software is not (for now) but if you download things that you do not have a right to (most mp3 song files) or software, movies that is illegal\n\nKaty beat me to it