[LUNI] OT: Backscatter

[Kenneth P. Stox]

On Fri, 2008-05-16 at 13:14 -0700, Mike Scott wrote:
> Just wondering if anyone has noticed a surge in "backscatter" in the
> past 24 hours.
> I have gotten about 100+ "undeliverable" email messages in my SPAM
> folder from people I have never heard of.
> I don't know if it's just my turn, or there's some new zombie army on
> the loose.

"Joe" jobs are going through the roof to try to bypass spam filters. I
had 1600 bounce-backs last weekend. Whenever I can track down the
origination, it always appears to be a compromised windows machine. 

When are we going to hold Microsoft responsible for the havoc their
negligence wreaks upon the rest of us?