[ale] Foreign website?

[Jim Philips]

On Wednesday 16 July 2008 04:32:58 pm Scott Castaline wrote:
> Greg Freemyer wrote:
> > RE: Warez
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warez
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Scott Castaline <hscast at charter.net> 
wrote:
> >> Anybody know what warez-ks.net is? I'm suddenly receiving emails on my
> >> gmail account in a foreign language that I can only guess could be
> >> German as I believe the word muzika is music in German. It also provides
> >> a link to the above mentioned site.
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> Any idea as to why I am suddenly receiving email about this site? As far
> as I know, I've never gone anywhere that distributes pirated material
> whether it be software, music, or videos. As it is, if it were not for
> bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all, so I don't need anything that
> would bring the feds down my back, or up where the sun don't shine.

The language is not German. It is a Slavic-like language and the URL's linked 
to on the site have the old .su domain. This domain used to belong to the 
Soviet Union, which of course doesn't exist anymore. I think it is somewhere 
within one of their old republics. Of course, Russia is a hotbed of phishing 
and ID theft activity, along with piracy. I would stay away (except that I 
already looked).