The Federal Trade Commission and regulatory agencies in 26 countries have sent out letters to hundreds of thousands of computer users, warning them that spammers are lurking in cyberspace, waiting for the opportunity to hijack their servers and route junk e-mail through them. Spammers often use unsecured computers to disguise the origin of their messages. "Recipients may think the spam comes from your system," said the FTC's e-mail message. "Securing your server will help you protect your system from being misused." Don Blumenthal, coordinator for the FTC's Internet lab, admitted the agency did not attempt to verify that each computer targeted by the warnings was actually vulnerable to hacking, but said the message urged recipients to visit the FTC Web site for more information on properly configuring their software.
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