[Dragaera] spam

[Maximilian Wilson]

On Nov 5, 2007 4:01 PM, Johne Cook <johne.cook at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, everyone,
> I joined Nextcat, a social networking outfit geared toward the broader
> entertainment industry, and clicked one button too many as I cruised through
> the sign-up process.  I had no idea it would SPAM EVERYONE IN MY ADDRESS
> BOOK.

I'm just glad it wasn't a virus. There are viruses which can also send
personalized spam messages to everybody in your address book, usually
sending them to a malevolent web site that will infect a certain
percentage of computers (with the right vulnerabilities) and turn them
into zombie bots.

-Max


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