Attack of the Zune Spam Zombies

Microsoft discontinued the Zune (i.e., their unpopular iPod clone that, despite coming in brown and being able to “squirt” songs at other people) back in October of 2001. So why am I still getting the same braindead Zune-related comments spam I’ve gotten for the past two years?

“This is getting a bit more subjective, but I much prefer the Zune Marketplace.”

“The new Zune browser is surprisingly good, but not as good as the iPod’s.”

“Hands down, Apple’s app store wins by a mile. It’s a huge selection of all sorts of apps vs a rather sad selection of a handful for Zune.”

My theory is that someone out there sells a ScriptKiddie Comment Spamming Kit that includes pre-loaded Zune comments as the example payload text, and most spammers never bother to switch them out.

Now if I could just figure out why I keep getting comment spam promoting a washed-up rapper…

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3 Responses to “Attack of the Zune Spam Zombies”

  1. There is a bit of a problem with the comment submission here!

  2. Frank Leonhardt says:

    I like your theory that it’s default data in a spambot kit, but this doesn’t match my experience:

    http://blog.frankleonhardt.com/2012/what-is-all-this-zune-comment-spam-about/

    . Having analysed the source, the spams are coming from IP addresses that look like they’re at cheap data centres, mostly third-world. Script kiddies are more likely to be found on DSL lines, or possibly compromised servers (or criminals with hosting accounts on legitimate servers). But these sources nearly always lack a reverse-lookup, making the script-kiddies less likely.

    This doesn’t mean it’s not default comment data, as you suggest.

  3. Lawrence Person says:

    Your first few posts were trapped in the spam filter for some reason.

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