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    Net users are getting the chance to fight back against spam websites

    Internet portal Lycos has made a screensaver that endlessly requests data from sites that sell the goods and services mentioned in spam e-mail.

    Lycos hopes will it make the monthly bandwidth bills of spammers soar by keeping their servers running flat out.

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    http://makelovenotspam.com/intl/

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    That's funny indeed.

    But, it's even funnier considering the company who's doing it.

    Lycos has been known to spam and have spyware in their tools themselves.

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    thats why i have not Downloaded the screen saver yet, i like the idea, but i waiting to if there are any "side effects" from the sreen saver

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    update

    A plan to bump up the bandwidth bills of spammers seems to be getting out of control............Finnish anti-virus firm F-Secure advised against using the screensaver in case of legal problems.

    Currently laws in many countries do not explicitly outlaw DDoS attacks but many nations are re-drafting computer use laws to make them specific offences. .....
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