Lycos launches anti-spam zombie army
Talkback Much better than the screensaver, which Lycos seems to have simply copied. Visit www.spamitback.com.
[December 8, 2004, 23:36]
Lycos anti-spam campaign bites the dust
Talkback They already DOS attack via backdoor malware so what's the problem in hitting back legitimatley through a screensaver? It's totally pathetic that people should be complaining about the spam in their inbox and then not allow others to do something...
[December 7, 2004, 8:37]
Lycos anti-spam campaign bites the dust
Talkback Taking the spammers side against the Lycos screensaver is the same as encouraging burglars to sue for injury when they trip over your doormat. The only wrongs here are the people who send out this stuff.
[December 6, 2004, 19:09]
Lycos anti-spam campaign bites the dust
Talkback In the week that the screensaver worked, it did more to combat spam than anything else has since spam had a name. Laws against spam haven't worked; filters are mediocer at best, and don't fix the root of the problem, nobody has succeded in bringing...
[December 6, 2004, 16:57]
Lycos launches anti-spam zombie army
Talkback Hmmm users of the screensaver might just be playing right into the spammers hands. By mass hitting these spam sites you may actually be sending your details unwitingly to a spammer who has not yet spammed you.
[December 5, 2004, 2:27]
Lycos anti-spam site hit by hackers
News Lycos on Tuesday kicked off its "make love not spam" campaign by offering users a screensaver that helps to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on spammers' Web sites. The company said the screensaver uses the idle processing power...
[December 1, 2004, 8:05]
Lycos anti-spam weapon melts away
News The saga of the Lycos 'Make love not spam' screensaver took another twist on Friday morning when Lycos withdraw the controversial tool. A Lycos spokesman explained that the screensaver had been temporarily pulled while the company deals with...
[December 3, 2004, 12:45]
Lycos launches anti-spam zombie army
News Download the Make Love not Spam screensaver - the only screensaver that actively works to stop the spammers - and tell your friends to do the same to spread the love. Lycos is offering its customers a screensaver that helps to launch distributed...
[November 30, 2004, 12:55]
Lycos anti-spam campaign bites the dust
News We forcefully rebut a report by Netcraft referring to two spam servers having been disabled by our screensaver. At the point of time of the Netcraft measurement on December 1st, 2004, both spam servers were not on the target list of the screensaver.
[December 6, 2004, 16:05]
Trojan poses as fake Lycos screensaver
News An identity-stealing email Trojan that disguises itself as the Lycos anti-spam screensaver is being distributed around the Internet. A lot of people heard about the screensaver but couldn't download it because the ["Make love not spam"] Web site...
[December 7, 2004, 11:00]
Microsoft fires off spam lawsuits
News Lycos have also launched an anti-spam campaign, dubbed 'Make love not spam', which required users to download a screensaver that launches denial-of-service type attacks on its victims. Microsoft has filed seven lawsuits against unnamed defendants...
[December 2, 2004, 15:00]
