That was fast

Got mail back from the tech contact alias at the domain where the "this is interesting" LJ virus going around is hosted. To quote the reply:

Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 13:34:53 -0400
From: "Rev. Jeffrey Paul" <sneak@datavibe.net>
Subject: Re: Probable proof-of-concept for a simple spam robot

On Sat, Jun 12, 2004 at 10:31:17AM -0700, Dara's Commercial Account wrote:
> It looks like one of your users is hosting a proof-of-concept
> Livejournal virus. When activated, it posts itself to the livejournal
> of the user who clicks on it. Users who click on it there (it's a
> social engineering virus) find it posted to their own journals. The
> user is collecting hit data via a webbug as well. It is clear to me
> that this is an attempt to build a spam robot targeting livejournal.
> Please delete this user's spam data before they can use it.

Yeah, that's mine.

If it's clear to you that it's an attempt at a spambot, then please go and
drink bleach.

Thank you, drive through.

-j

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