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THEY have done it again. This month, it was finally proved that spammers trying to distribute advertisements for pornographic websites have been using “trojan programs”, delivered by viruses, to turn personal computers into servers capable of passing on 750,000 items a day. By using viruses, they have upped the ante once more in the fight against unsolicited and unwanted advertising, which now makes up about half of all email traffic. This confirms what has been apparent for some time: we will never beat spammers using technology alone. It is time to move on and tackle the problem in the courts.…