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Zombie lawsuit from Microsoft

Caught this little nugget at Spam Kings.

Microsoft is suing a bunch of John Doe spammers, responsible for misusing a computer Microsoft intentionally infected.

Guys, make sure you listen to that MP3 file where Microsoft explains what they did and what happened next. The numbers were especially interesting. Imagine how many computers are out there spewing out millions of spam e-mails!

Suing John Does is a common legal tactic. The name John Doe is a place holder for names they will discover through the use of subpoenas.

This entry was posted on Thursday, October 27th, 2005 at 2:31 pm and is filed under Mail spam. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “Zombie lawsuit from Microsoft”

  1. Joe Says:
    October 27th, 2005 at 2:41 pm

    While I hope they get the spammers, how do you sue them for misusing a computer MS intentinally put there to be misused? Isn’t that the intended use?

  2. Search Engines Web Says:
    November 11th, 2005 at 6:05 pm

    Thought you Might be Interested….

    This is so bad that the United States FTC had to step in…

    http://news.com.com/Court+puts+clamp+on+alleged+spyware+ring/2100-7348_3-5945047.html

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