Microsoft aims at alleged spammers in Germany
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Microsoft has filed a suit against a company in Germany that it alleges is at the center of a network of companies in the U.S. and Ukraine distributing unsolicited e-mail.
The company, which is registered in the state of North Rhine Westphalia, is the source of millions of unsolicited e-mail messages, or spam, Microsoft said Monday in a statement issued on its German-language Web site.
The English-language spam messages promote companies offering Web site design and development services, in addition to online casinos and pornographic Internet sites, according to Microsoft. Some users of Microsoft's Hotmail service have received thousands of unwanted advertising messages from Internet companies located in North Rhine Westphalia, the U.S. software company said.