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Originally Posted by LooeyUK
Well, looks like Lycos have pulled it...
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they have, with spammers and ISP's to blame.
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The Moretgage.info Web page was changed to contain an HTML Meta Refresh tag that forwards all requests to view the page to www.makelovenotspam.com, effectively using the screen saver to launch attacks on Lycos' Web site, F-Secure said. Requests for Moretgage.info were still being forwarded to Makelovenotspam.com this morning.
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Internet service providers are treating Lycos' network of machines running the "Make Love, Not Spam" screen saver in the same way they treat "botnets" of compromised systems that are controlled by malicious hackers or online criminal organizations and that are often used to distribute spam or launch DDOS attacks, he said.
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source: computerworld
http://www.computerworld.com/softwar...7990p2,00.html