N3Bruce's Journal: Spam

I finally had to break down and change my E-mail address today. My E-mail box was getting 6 megabytes of trojans disguised as the notorious Micro$oft service pack, or a variation of the same. If the spammers used the same energy and imagination to do something constructive on the web or hell .. even in Meatspace who knows what they could come up with.

I have had the address since I got on the web 7 years ago, and my friends, family, and coworkers all know it, but unfortunately so do the spammers. While my new address is here on Slashdot, I am curious as to who will be my first spam on the new address. Will it be Yahoo, who I use for a mailing list of my radio club? My long distance carrier, who bills me online? My Credit Card company? Some trojan that scans my hard drive for pR0n, CC#s, and E-mail addresses? My Alma Mater? Al Quaeda? Who Knows?

Spammers are more aggressive than ever trying to get addresses, but there are a few tricks I know of now to keep them off balance when surfing the web. Perhaps I can use Yahoo's free webmail to my advantage. Other tricks are out there, and I will employ them as well to keep my mailbox clean.

SPAMMERS WILL BURN IN HELL FOR THEIR SINS !!!!!!!!