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Participants were encouraged to download the Lycos screensaver which, when their PC was idle, would then send lots of data traffic to websites that peddle the goods and services mentioned in spam messages.Lycos said the idea was to get the spam sites running at 95% capacity and generate big bandwidth bills for the spammers behind the sites.
But monitoring firm Netcraft has analysed response times for three of the sites the screensaver targets and has found that the campaign is being too successful [...] F-Secure advised against using the screensaver in case of legal problems.
Great fun! Comments, people? Is Lycos being a St George against the spam dragon, or is it being irresponsible?
