After spamming YA! for months they've finally begun spamming our email! I seriously doubt this is something Ron Paul himself is aware of or would much less condone. While I myself like Ron Paul and if I were a Republican he would be my second choice after John McCain (a true American Hero) I realize that the Republicans simply lack a candidate with any charisma... so the Ron Paul crowd think if only the populace knew of his platform they would also support him. THE PROBLEM WITH RON PAUL IS HIS SUPPORTERS... they're obnoxious!
BitDefender Captures Spam Used to Influence U.S. Presidential Election
Monday October 29, 11:59 am ET
Spammer Plugs Ron Paul for President
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BUCHAREST, Romania--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BitDefender庐, an award-winning provider of antivirus software and data security solutions, today found that a large wave of unsolicited e-mails exhorting the qualities of Ron Paul as a candidate for the U.S. presidency are being captured by BitDefender spam filters.
The spam e-mails originate from many different computers, with a wide geographical distribution, making BitDefender specialists suspect that the spammer is using a 鈥渂ot鈥?network for his ''run.鈥?br>
The e-mails appear to have false 鈥淭o:鈥?fields 鈥?a hallmark of spam 鈥?making it highly unlikely that this is part of a legitimate campaign.
''We haven't observed any previous cases of using spam to try and influence a presidential campaign, in the USA or elsewhere,鈥?declared Vlad Valceanu, head of BitDefender鈥檚 antispam unit. 鈥淚t remains to be seen what impact (if any) this incident has on the outcome of the election, but it's certainly a worrying incident, as people of other political inclinations may feel compelled to counter with some spam of their own.
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