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burns (burnsmacdonald@home.com) writes:
> "Darrell A. Larose" wrote:
>> 
>> burns (burnsmacdonald@home.com) writes:
>> > Tim Vezina wrote:
>> >>
>> >> What exactly is this that this guy is posting?
>> >>
>> >
>> > A VIRUS! (subseven at last detection.)
>> >
>> > Do NOT go and download the package at the end of the URL!
>> >
>> > This cretin has been reported numerous times to Usenet, but it appears
>> > they can't cancel his messages fast enough.
>> >
>> Who is usenet? perhaps CERT should be notified, or even the police
>> because the deliberate spreading of Virii is a Criminal offence
> 
> They are already very familiar with this creep. He has sent these out
> to more than 7000 newsgroups worldwide. Usenet is the internet
> newsgroup regulatory organization. They administer, filter and
> "police" newsgroups (to a very limited degree). The have already sent
> out cancel bots for some of this guys earlier posts. My original point
> was that they don't seem to be doing a very good job of getting ahead
> of this guy.
>
There is no such organization as usenet... there is no centraal usenet
cabal. Usenet doesn't cancel messages, they don't filter period...
So who isn't doing a very good job... As newsgroups for the most part
are un-moderated

"from: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/what-is/part1/

WHAT USENET IS NOT
------------------

 1. Usenet is not an organization.

    No person or group has authority over Usenet as a whole.  No one
    controls who gets a news feed, which articles are propagated
    where, who can post articles, or anything else.  There is no
    "Usenet Incorporated," nor is there a "Usenet User's Group."
    You're on your own.

    Granted, there are various activities organized by means of Usenet
    newsgroups.  The newsgroup creation process is one such
    activity.  But it would be a mistake to equate Usenet with the
    organized activities it makes possible.  If they were to stop
    tomorrow, Usenet would go on without them."

for the rest of this FAQ go to the ref: URL

So the only filtering that occurs is at your ISP, FreeNet because
of limited hardware resources filters out binaries, other "family"
based sites will block "adult content"

Various self-appointed Net-cops, will issue cancels, or run cancelbots
normally in their favourite newsgroups, normally to kill off-topic
spam, or from people they don't like. Beside virii like this one falls
under Darwin. If somebody is stupid enough to go to an unknown site
and run an unknown executable file... then perhaps they deserve the
outcome? Btinternet is responsible for the conduct of their users, or
the security of their NNTP server (if the usenet post was third-party
relayed) If they refuse to take action, some net-cop may...