on Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 11:34:53PM -0400, Marty (martyb@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
> Carl Fink wrote:
> >On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 08:52:55PM -0400, Marty wrote:
> >
> >>Windoze XP box on my LAN is sending http requests to
> >>a site named movies.go.com, although there is no web
> >>client running on the XP box (at least none obvious).
> >
> >[major snippage]
> >
> >FWIW, go.com is a real, non-scam site run by Disney.
>
> Disney? The perfect cover! (2/3 wink, 1/3 paranoid)
Well, for a few months there (roughly March - May) it was inordinately
popular among 419 spammers, with a handful of go.com MXs becoming my
second leading spam source (following KORnet). I managed to bring this
to Disney's attention, the situation's improved markedly.
Peace.
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What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand?
NBC will not be able predict the winner at 8:32
or report from 29 districts.
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