Fighting Spam Proxies in a University Environment
Spam is a huge annoyance for everyone. Fighting spam is difficult enough, but when spammers team up with hackers to produce ultra-sneaky Trojan horses that turn end-user computers into one stop proxies that allow spammers and hackers to hide their digital tracks, they’ve gone too far. This case study documents steps that one University has taken to shut down these proxies before they are used for serious evil.