# Spam the spammers

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spam-the-spammers/71902
**Category:** random
**Created:** [November 30, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spam-the-spammers/71902 "2004-11-30T15:29:17Z")
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### Author: ![GreenLantern](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/greenlantern/32/393_2.png) [@GreenLantern](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GreenLantern)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spam-the-spammers/71902/1 "2004-11-30T15:29:17Z")

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So you go and get this screen saver from lycos, and then it hits known spam websites. Thus generating traffic on their website. Does this sound like a DOS attack to anyone else?

[http://www.vnunet.com/news/1159749](http://www.vnunet.com/news/1159749)