deddard
10-30-2007, 06:24 AM
Here's a novel one:
Spammers have developed a windows 'game' which shows a stripper - the stripper takes a layer of clothing off if you correctly enter some text.
The text is the sort of thing used to prevent automatic logon to forums etc such as this - you see some text in a difficult format for computers to read, and are asked to type in what you think it is; get it worng and the system thinks you're a bot, so you don't get entry.
This is EXACTLY the same - the text you're given to type in is linked directly from sites such as these - the bots go to the sites, download the image, get you to type in the correct answer, then they pass that answer on to the site, so they get past the security. They're using them to mainly access free email systems to spread their junk.
Oh, and just to rub it in, the stripper's name is MELISSA
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7067962.stm
Spammers have developed a windows 'game' which shows a stripper - the stripper takes a layer of clothing off if you correctly enter some text.
The text is the sort of thing used to prevent automatic logon to forums etc such as this - you see some text in a difficult format for computers to read, and are asked to type in what you think it is; get it worng and the system thinks you're a bot, so you don't get entry.
This is EXACTLY the same - the text you're given to type in is linked directly from sites such as these - the bots go to the sites, download the image, get you to type in the correct answer, then they pass that answer on to the site, so they get past the security. They're using them to mainly access free email systems to spread their junk.
Oh, and just to rub it in, the stripper's name is MELISSA
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7067962.stm