scupper writes "Attack of Comcast's Internet zombies By Declan McCullagh
http://news.com.com/2010-1034-5218178.html Comcast's high-speed Internet subscribers have long been rumored to be an unusually persistent source of junk e-mail. Now someone from Comcast is confirming it. We're the biggest spammer on the Internet, network engineer Sean Lutner said at a meeting of an antispam working group in Washington, D.C., last week. "

ISP Sues Marketer of Bob Vila Web Site


SAN FRANCISCO - An Internet service provider sued the operator and online marketer of the BobVila.com home improvement Web site on Thursday for allegedly violating a new federal anti-spam law.

Internet Providers Sue Hundreds for Spam
By TED BRIDIS,
AP Technology Writer
March 10, 2004

WASHINGTON - Some of the nation's largest Internet providers, in an unusual joint effort, said Wednesday they filed six lawsuits against hundreds of people who were accused of sending millions of unwanted e-mails in violation of the new U.S. law against spam.

Comcast cutting off spam 'zombies'
Some customers whose PCs are being used to relay
spam messages will be denied service............
By Paul Roberts,
IDG News Service March 09, 2004

Internet service provider Comcast Corp. is cutting off Internet service for some customers
whose computers are being used to relay spam messages, according to a company spokeswoman.

Road Runner to bundle security software
By Jim Hu
CNET News.com
January 13, 2004, 7:35 AM PT

Road Runner, Time Warner Cable's broadband Internet service, on Tuesday said it will bundle Computer Associates' antivirus and firewall software as a perk for its customers.

Verizon to Spend $1B on Wireless Upgrade
By Bruce Meyerson,
AP Business Writer
January 8, 2004

NEW YORK (AP)—Two months after AT&T Wireless launched the nation's fastest wireless Internet service, Verizon Wireless says it will spend $1 billion to reclaim the lead with an even speedier technology that just months ago the company insisted was not an urgent need.

MSN Adds Antivirus, Firewall Tools
Premium users will have access to McAfee's security products.
Scarlet Pruitt,
IDG News Service

Saying that online safety is now its customers' primary concern, Microsoft will offer McAfee virus scan and firewall products to U.S. customers of its upcoming MSN Premium broadband Internet subscription service.

Secure My ISP Network—Please!
By Larry Seltzer

I've argued for several years that ISPs should be doing more to create secure environments for their customers. So I recently approached some major security companies and asked them to imagine that I'm a medium-size ISP interested in providing security services for my users, such as antivirus, spam filtering, perhaps even some intrusion detection or firewalling services. What would they have to offer me?

EarthLink files suit against spammers
By Stefanie Olsen
CNET News.com
August 27, 2003, 3:45 PM PT


EarthLink on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the Alabama Spammers, an unidentified group it alleges used its access service to send massive amounts of junk e-mail.

By Tim Richardson
April 25, 2003

Verizon has vowed to continue its fight to refuse to reveal the identity of one of its punters accused of pirating music, claming the matter could have a "chilling effect" on Internet users.

Its continued stand for online privacy comes as a US judge upheld an earlier decision forcing Verizon to hand over the information. Verizon has 14 days to surrender the data although it is embarking on a last-ditch appeal to try and get the decision blocked.