Microsoft sues German firm over spam

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Microsoft has launched a case against a German man believed to be the linchpin of a spam gang.

The software maker's legal complaint was lodged against an unnamed company in the North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany and its managing director, according to a statement (in German) on the Microsoft Germany Web site. Microsoft alleges that the company sent out millions of spam e-mail messages advertising Web site design services, online casinos and pornography.

News source: C|Net News.com

What's Included: (new/updated entries are marked like this):

Windows XP SP2 - Critical Updates
KB834707: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer
KB873339: Vulnerability in HyperTerminal could allow code execution
KB873374: Microsoft GDI+ Detection Tool
KB885626: Your computer stops responding when you restart to complete the installation of Windows XP SP2
KB885835: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel and LSASS could allow elevation of privilege
KB885836: A vulnerability in WordPad could allow code execution
KB886185: Windows Firewall "My Network (subnet) only" scoping
KB890175: Vulnerability in HTML Help could allow code execution
KB890830: Malicious Software Removal Tool
KB867282: Cumulative Security Update for IE for XP Service Pack 2
KB873333: Security Update for Windows XP
KB885250: Security Update for Windows XP
KB886903: Security Update for .NET Framework 1.1 SP1
KB888113: Security Update for Windows XP
KB888302: Security Update for Windows XP
KB890047: Security Update for Windows XP
KB891781: Security Update for Windows XP
KB890923: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer
KB892944: Vulnerability in Message Queuing Could Allow Code Execution
KB893066: Vulnerabilities in TCP/IP Could Allow Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service
KB890859: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege and Denial of Service
KB893086: Vulnerability in Windows Shell that Could Allow Remote Code Execution
KB890830: Malicious Software Removal Tool v1.4
KB883939: Cumulative Security Update for IE for Windows XP SP2
KB890046: Security Update for Windows XP
KB890830: Malicious Software Removal Tool v1.5
KB896358: Security Update for Microsoft Windows XP
KB896422: Security Update for Windows XP
KB896428: Security Update for Windows XP
KB898458: Security Update for Windows XP

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KB831240: Update for HighMAT support in the Windows XP CD Writing Wizard
KB884020: Loopback IP address range problem
KB885222: Performance of 1394 devices may decrease after you install Windows XP SP2
KB886677: Corrupt DBCS characters in Internet Explorer on Windows XP
KB887742: Stop error "Stop 0x05" in Windows XP SP2 or Windows Server 2003
KB887797: Cumulative Update for Outlook Express for Windows XP
KB888240: Add-ons not listed in Internet Explorer on Windows XP SP2
KB890831: Input Method Editor disabled when using MSN Messenger in Windows XP SP2
KB891122: Update for DRM-enabled Media Players
KB892313: Fix for problems when playing MPEG4 videos in WMP 10
KB893357: Update for Windows XP
KB895181: Fix for MPEG4 videos in Windows Media Player 10
KB888656: FIX: Update to enable DirectX Video Acceleration of Windows Media Video content in WMP 10
KB894391: Update for Windows XP
KB896344: Update for Windows XP

Components
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Microsoft Data Access Components 2.8 SP1 (only in Full)
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Microsoft Journal Viewer 1.5.2316.0 (only in Full)

And of course a lot of registry tweaks which improve speed, appearance, functionality and security!

File Size & MD5 Hashes

English June 2005 Full File Size: 149 MB (156786445 bytes)
English June 2005 Full MD5 Hash: 8931096F53811F2CF285B47E17D8E5BB
English June 2005 Lite File Size: 66.9 MB (70243062 bytes)
English June 2005 Lite MD5 Hash: 791234ACB72288AB2D6F0B03501D37BE

Portuguese June 2005 Full File Size: 141 MB (148037798 bytes)
Portuguese June 2005 Full MD5 Hash: 98042AE3F4230B1D9FC7EE5F48DB8E84
Portuguese June 2005 Lite File Size: 58.4 MB (61313967 bytes)
Portuguese June 2005 Lite MD5 Hash: FC5E8B285135F9FF71AE81F10CD80F5A

#1 Mr. Dick C. Normous on 21 Jun 2005 - 21:01

Thank you Microsoft and Mr. Gates. Keep up the good work please

You know it has to suck to be sued by Microsoft.

#2 IndoShindo on 21 Jun 2005 - 22:14

I love Microsoft for their continous effort to stop these ****** spammers and Billy-boy's large donations .. keep up the great work

(2 replies) #3 mouseman90 on 22 Jun 2005 - 04:36

make no mistake
this man was not sued for spamming
but selling spamming servers

i love how media tries to make spammers scared
you cannot stop us

#3.1 tiagosilva29 on 22 Jun 2005 - 09:19

Give me your address, and I will stop you.

#3.2 RanCorX2 on 23 Jun 2005 - 07:17

^doubt he's a spammer.

(2 replies) #4 echo on 22 Jun 2005 - 05:14

It's good to see such a big company taking part in this. However, I do not understand the point of spamming other then to piss people off. There are so many programs made so it never reaches the user that it is almost pointless to spam. Oh well....if the programs don't catch, microsoft doesn't sue them to stop.....there is always the DEL button

#4.1 mad_spooky on 22 Jun 2005 - 09:07

Agree, spam is doing nothing else than pissing people off.. Spam is useless use of bandwidth. What kind of person could possibly be interested in what spammers offer? Get a life spammers

#4.2 C-Fu on 22 Jun 2005 - 19:23

obviously stupid people. like those people who pay a hundred bucks extra for a "branded" bounce ball or whatever they call it

stupid people are everywhere, just read some of the stuff in fark.com

if its not profitable, then people wouldnt use that business/advertising method, simple as that

(1 reply) #5 TheSarge on 22 Jun 2005 - 17:27

As much as I admire what M$ is trying to do here, I'd much rather see them focus on making spaming much harder to actualy do.
They need to work on getting a concensus with the industry-at-large on designing spam-proof e-mail schemes. An industry body for e-mail providers like the IEEE is for electronics manufacturers is what we need, not more litigation.
Very hard to do becasue everyone wants to cash in on fighing spam; they all seem to be too short-sighted to see that they'd all be better off if they worked together to fight spam.

#5.1 C-Fu on 22 Jun 2005 - 19:28

Patriot Act: it's versatile!

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