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Lycos anti-spam weapon melts away

The saga of the Lycos 'Make love not spam' screensaver took another twist on Friday morning when Lycos... Read more

3 December, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Lycos zombie army takes Web sites offline

Web portal company Lycos's 'Make love not spam' campaign has killed access to some of the Web... Read more

2 December, 2004 by Dan Ilet

Lycos denies attack on zombie army

Internet portal Lycos has denied its 'make love not spam' Web site was hacked into and defaced last night... Read more

1 December, 2004 by Dan Ilet

Lycos should send its zombie army home

...Karloff. Only this time, the masses are zombie PCs controlled by Lycos' 'Make Love Not Spam' screensaver. Had Mary Shelley replaced vengeful villagers with randy... Read more

1 December, 2004 by Leader

Lycos anti-spam site hit by hackers

...the victim of a DDoS attack. Lycos on Tuesday kicked off its "make love not spam" campaign by offering users a screensaver that helps to... Read more

1 December, 2004 by Munir Kotadia

Lycos launches anti-spam zombie army

...company F-Secure also warned users away from the idea. In its 'make love not spam' campaign, Lycos entices users to join the zombie army... Read more

30 November, 2004 by Dan Ilet

Spamming tool goes on the run

...out denial-of-service attacks on spammers. The company quickly withdrew the "Make Love Not Spam" campaign after it received heavy industry criticism Read more

28 February, 2005 by Dan Ilet

Fur protesters launch Web attacks

...t, but I can’t be sure," said Wood. Last year, Lycos' Make Love Not Spam campaign highlighted that DoS attacks are not covered by... Read more

14 February, 2005 by Dan Ilet

Fur trade activists planning DoS attack

...what they're doing and are proud of it." Last year, Lycos' Make Love Not Spam campaign highlighted that DoS attacks are not covered by... Read more

25 January, 2005 by Dan Ilet

BT, Lycos, EU and Vorderman vie for villainy crown

...Association (ISPA) next year. Lycos is in the frame for launching its 'Make Love Not Spam' screensaver, which directed Internet traffic at the Web sites... Read more

23 December, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Trojan poses as fake Lycos screensaver

...people heard about the screensaver but couldn't download it because the ["Make love not spam"] Web site was down. Lots of people would be... Read more

7 December, 2004 by Dan Ilet

Lycos anti-spam campaign bites the dust

...acknowledged by F-Secure itself." This decision comes just a week after "Make Love Not Spam" was launched. The tool was taken offline last Friday... Read more

6 December, 2004 by Dan Ilett and Graeme Wearden

Lycos army shoots itself in foot?

...denial-of-service attack against its own anti-spam campaign Web site, "Make Love Not Spam". According to security company F-Secure on Thursday, one... Read more

2 December, 2004 by Dan Ilet

Microsoft fires off spam lawsuits

...the US courts. Lycos have also launched an anti-spam campaign, dubbed 'Make love not spam', which required users to download a screensaver that launches... Read more

2 December, 2004 by Dan Ilet

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