Internet service provider Comcast is cutting off Internet service for some customers whose computers are being used to relay spam messages, according to a company spokesperson.
Comcast has been contacting customers whose machines are being used as “zombies” to forward spam e-mail with warning messages. In some cases, the company has cut off Internet access to customers, some of whom are unaware their system is sending out the commercial solicitations, says Jeanne Russo, a spokesperson for Comcast’s cable division.
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