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Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Russia’s Biggest Spammer Brutally Murdered in Apartment
Not that this remedy has not crossed my mind, and all of us who have lost patience with spamming, but this is a bit extreme. It looks like some Russian spam victims took the law into their own hands.
"Vardan Kushnir, notorious for sending spam to each and every citizen of Russia who appeared to have an e-mail, was found dead in his Moscow apartment on Sunday, Interfax reported Monday. He died after suffering repeated blows to the head."
Apparently it is not illegal in Russsia to send spam. I think this will add a new element, anyway.

To be honest, the only hope of stopping virus and spam, especially the hijacking type ads that will stubbornly appear in popups and unwanted screens is at the SOURCE! Get and prosecute the perpetrating bastards, not by patching to eliminate it on each and every computer in the world. Somebody is guilty of sponsoring those things, and it would not take much detective work to find them make it unprofitable to advertise that way with an agressive punishment campaign. I'm sure it is illegal to put an ad for morgages (or whatever) on your lawn, so why can they do it on your computer?

I for one would never buy from a slime who popped up on my screen, or email either. Who buys from these ads? They already have proved they are deceptive by being there. They must be getting results or they would self distruct. So somehow I feel a connection, however small, to those who took care of the problem at the source in Russia.

Tossed in by: R.G.B.
. . . Tuesday, July 26, 2005

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Russia’s Biggest Spammer Brutally Murdered in Apartment