thought on how to get back at spam - GoFuckYourself.com

powerbubba · 01-09-2004, 08:47 PM

It's common for spammers to send large (albeit highly compressed) images with their spam.

I think it'd be fun to grab the URL of the image, run an application on the desktop that does nothing but download that image again and again, hopefully with multiple threads over night or something. I imagine you can take this 12K image and cost them a few GB with it.

Has it been done before? Any reason it couldn't be done? I realize if spammers catch on they'd have to (and could) build countermeasures, but it'd be fun for a while.

InsaneMidget · 01-09-2004, 08:49 PM

sounds logical

russian_agent_69 · 01-09-2004, 08:51 PM

You need to find something more constructive to do with your time.

AdultKing · 01-09-2004, 08:53 PM

the worst spammers make use of trojans to serve web pages from the computers of unfortunates who have become infected.

The best way to get at porn spammers is to lobby your local government to treat porn spammers as they would any person who deliberately provided porn to children.

If you walk into a schoolground and start showing porn to kids you have just become a sexual offender. Why should it be any different if you flood kids mailboxes with it ?

Spammers (whatever they sell) have no regard for anyone other than themselves. They are gutter living reptiles and I would gladly see them jailed for the con men and snake oil merchants they are.

powerbubba · 01-09-2004, 10:56 PM

suppose I could do both, but something about personally screwing the spammers has its own nice ring to it

01-09-2004, 08:47 PM	#1
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01-09-2004, 10:56 PM	#5
powerbubba Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 358	suppose I could do both, but something about personally screwing the spammers has its own nice ring to it __________________ GreatGirls.com [email protected] CrowsCrypt.com - Exclusive High Quality Goth www.crowscrypt.com

01-09-2004, 08:49 PM	#2
InsaneMidget Confirmed User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ontario Posts: 3,767	sounds logical

01-09-2004, 08:51 PM	#3
russian_agent_69 So Fucking Banned Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 247	You need to find something more constructive to do with your time.

01-09-2004, 08:53 PM	#4
AdultKing Raise Your Weapon Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Outback Australia Posts: 15,601	the worst spammers make use of trojans to serve web pages from the computers of unfortunates who have become infected. The best way to get at porn spammers is to lobby your local government to treat porn spammers as they would any person who deliberately provided porn to children. If you walk into a schoolground and start showing porn to kids you have just become a sexual offender. Why should it be any different if you flood kids mailboxes with it ? Spammers (whatever they sell) have no regard for anyone other than themselves. They are gutter living reptiles and I would gladly see them jailed for the con men and snake oil merchants they are.