[SpamCop-List] Re: Comcast considers "clever" anti-spam idea

[Firewoman]

"Ionizer" <ian_uncle at hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:c8uqel$4ap$1 at news.spamcop.net...
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http://news.com.com/Attack+of+Comcast's+Internet+zombies/2010-1034_3-5218178.html
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> "...Comcast's engineers plan to try the innovative approach of identifying
> the zombie PCs and surreptitiously sending the subscriber's cable modem a
> new configuration routine that prevents outbound connections on port 25."

That one statement made me rethink my options for high speed internet (I'm
moving and can finally get it) and eliminate Comcast from the list.

I don't think I want my ISP "surreptitiously" sending my modem a damn thing
to reconfigure anything any more than I want my husband to surreptitiously
bring home the crabs.

I just can't figure out why anyone hasn't gone back to the
software/spyware/scumware secretly installed with programs like Kazaa and
Gamespy and see what that software is *really* doing.  I'd put money on
those programs being a few of the culprits.