Comments on: Report: Spam reduced following Pricewert shutdown

Botnets appear to have suffered a big blow with the shutdown of Pricewert, resulting in the reduction of spam activities by 15 percent globally.

[nachurboy]

Is the ISP "rouge" or beige? I'm not exactly sure what color it is. 2nd website I've found that calls the website a reddish tinted ISP.

[SwissJay]

Just a slight case of dyslexia, swapping 2 letters ;)

[alegr]

It's turqoise

[Dalkorian]

It may have been, but now it's black.

[BAMAToNE]

"... I personally have experienced less spam emails..."

You experienced fewer spam emails, or less spam email, but not less spam emails.

[jture]

That's not the only grammatical slip in Dong's post. "Either this was coincident or ..." No, "coincidental or ..."
"ederal Trade Commission had the allegedly rogue Pricewert ISP shutdown" - no, "shut down."
"Wrong doings" is usually written as one word.
I could go on, but I won't.

[ngodong]

All fixed. Thank guys. I am glad you guys had some fun at my expense.

[kojacked]

What's with the editoral trolls of late? Don't people have anything better to do? Who the hell cares if the grammer is pristine or not.

[Been_there_Saw_it_before]

The people who dismiss grammer as a side issue are the ones who have trouble with the difference between a lightning bug and a lightning bolt. Which one do you want to be near?

[BAMAToNE]

I consider this copy editing, not trolling, since apparently this is not done internally.

[Hunnter2k3]

Still won't do anything in the long run.
These guys will get back on their feet quite easily.

If anything, what they done was the most stupid idea ever, if they never done any "spying" that is.
Now all they will do is move them deeper into the depths of the internets.

[Michichael]

I was wondering why my firewall went from 500 hits a day to 3 on the SMTP port...

[Eddie-c]

How long will it be before it returns to the ridiculously high level it is/was? After all, they shut that other isp down and within a couple of months the spam level went back up!

If machines are infected/compromised, ISPs should block the damn things and only allow them back on when fixed, or offer to have one of their techs fix it .... hey, there's an idea ... hire people, more jobs, educate people ... oh wait, that's like too much common sense.

[Michichael]

Right because they can make a profit fixing stupid people's systems. And do you know how hard it is to fix a system that has no internet access? Or from a household that has no net access? It sucks!

[JoeF2]

"And do you know how hard it is to fix a system that has no internet access?"

Reformat the hard drive. Doesn't require Internet access...
And then install anything but Windows. I can put a box with a fresh Linux install on the network without fear of getting infected in 2 minutes.
Oh, and charge it to Microsoft. After all, they are selling a defective product.
Seriously, never connect a Windows box directly to the Net. Put a router/firewall in front of it. And delete the IE icon, and install Firefox or Opera or Safari. That willl take care of a large part of the problem.

[malynj]

It would have been better to identify which of their hosts were the botnet controllers, and allowed a trusted group to do a managed shutdown of the botnet while known controllers were in custody. This has been done before, not sure why it wasn't done this time.

[likeAppnforPhys]

I know it's SO pedantic to help out with someone's grammar...

[xim1970]

I know it's a bit "nitpicky" to pick on this post, because he does provide great info, but really, how far is it from journalistic integrity to blogging integrity, where people don't, at least, spellcheck their work? If the 'net is going to replace newspapers, the least we should expect is that bloggers take on the role of newspaper journalists and check facts, check spelling, and check grammar. Just because you have the ability to type does NOT give you the ability to be a qualified journalist. Good information on this post, but not the best grammatically.

[marswat]

"Lightning bug or lightning bolt..." is vocabulary, not grammar, so if you want to go way off topic and criticise his grammar on a tech site, for hecks sake, at least get your criticism right. Talk about shoot yourself in the foot. And "good journalism" does not come from one's ability to type or use perfect grammar it comes from the ability to get the news and publish it, get a life people!

And back to topic, I have experienced a major drop in scam et., and was wondering why. Just thought I had been lucky, guess it will be back soon enough.

[[RR]Macavity]

What I want to know is, when will they deal with the IM spammers?

I swear, I get five or six spims a day advertising this sex-hookup site, and I'm kinda peeved about it - BECAUSE I'M NOT INTERESTED.

[darfjono]

just watch it come back twice as strong like the LAST time this happened.

sheesh.

[wolfson]

Defininitly a lot les spam in by email