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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:28:25 -0500
From: Bob McClure Jr <bob@bobcatos.com>
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Subject: Re: re the 419 scam apologizing for 419 scams
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On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 11:57:23AM -0700, Loren Wilton wrote:
> >Guess that's not a throwaway dial up connection then.  Wow.  I'd think
> >that size would make the cost/benefit analysis skew even further to making
> >a spam run unprofitable as they'd be sending so many fewer before they're
> >shut down.
> 
> Does anyone actually shut down zombies these days?

You mean ISPs?  We certainly do.  When we find out there's a spambot
on the network we disable his login account if he's dial-in, or track
down his DSL card and pull the (virtual) plug on it.  He's not turned
on again until he tells us he has cleaned his machine.

> That might mean 
> shutting down the legitimate client too, and they could try to sue for lack 
> of service.

I believe that is covered in the Terms Of Service that the subscriber
agrees to in order to get service.

>        Loren

Cheers,
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Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
bob@bobcatos.com             http://www.bobcatos.com
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