yeah, i've been getting the same thing, he somehow has a program that takes any search request & returns a file of that name (or if you're searching in any mode other than "any type" returns a file named "!.asf"). I added his ip to my block list (can't post it here because it'll get deleted) and that seemed to get rid of it.

ARIN Whois (http://www.arin.net/whois/) will lead you to an address in Tampa, Florida. 64.156... is owned by a company called ****., which seems to be involved in adult entertaining industry. Google will let you know that there are complaints reported in the past. If you care to know their e-mail address, mail address etc., go to ARIN.

lets say we all do a mass DOS attack on this guy? if he really wants people to download that file, we can oblige. if just a few hundred people constantly request the file, he'll be so maxed out on bandwidth that he won't be able to connect & we won't have to deal with his fake search results!!!

(Disclamer: this is posted jokingly, i do not condone internet attacks in any way)

Dear Guest,

Thanks for the comment about 'block list'. I was not aware that I could do this in LW, since I never had to consider it until now. Seems to block that IP as expected.

What did you mean by:
 &nbsp  (can't post it here because it'll get deleted)
Why would your sharing of your Block list be deleted? I assume you mean deleted by some Admin of this forum.


We're Blocking this IP Address:
   ****

Whoa... Here's another IP Address doing it too..


   194.213.194.37


This IP appears to belong to a Internet Hosting Company in Europe, Czech Republic.

Maybe if a few of us email the contacts, we can stop the abuse.
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This really raises a bigger question... will this abuse get worse?

[Post NO infos you got via RIPE etc.! I explained why!!!]

The WWW, Usenet, eMail and even IRC, - all popular networks and services have seen the problem of spam. Gnutella does not make an exception here. But since it's only a few hosts, that are spamming the network, and spam is very easy to identify, I don't think spam is a serious problem, yet.

Wehey!!!
JohnReam, you're a hero!

I know that not everyone's happy about posting personal infos, policing, and the rest, and of course I understand. But some of these spams really are doing no good. Not only that they are deceptive but more so they disturb our search results, speed, and credibility immensely.

I do hope, with the rest of you, that this board does not turn into a black list of IPs, but when necessity prevails, we know where to come. Thanks again for your action!

I try to explain it to you VERY SLOW!

This is a PUBLIC board - my job is to edit the copyright things out... because some lawers might think it is a GOOD IDEA to close this board here!

What I do in PRIVATE is an other story...

Morgwen

Aight, I'll respond VERY SLOW.
Huh?????
It IS commical when those who don't give a d*** about copyright "in private" would suddenly become conscientious about it "in public".

And again, like I said before, YOU ARE RIGHT! No question about that. I guess I'm saying, "don't expect enthusiastic support from us when it comes to copyright thingie."

Oh just for the record, I have not _yet_ posted any IP addresses or "copyrighted materials" on this board, because I like you. But I do find the posted IP addresses (two of them, currently), and I've taken the liberty to identify their servers, and have sent e-mails of complaint about the spam. Who knows, ISPs just might investigate and take appropriate actions. That's it for now.

Then the people should not wonder if they see an edit message under their post! I know other boards where the mods delete these posts without a warning, don´t expect that I want to complain in every post why I edit this or that! There is no discussion about this copyright thing, we all have to follow the laws...

The people who think they can do everything should create their OWN board and then they can do everything... until they get sued!!!

Morgwen