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In this post>http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/blog/blogView?showComments=true&entry=3271662362], I talked about how MS' security model is still too little, too late. Take a look at Steve Wart's comment - he makes an excellent point:

Check out your referrer spam -- even the most obscure blogs are getting thousands of hits a day. Do you think these companies are doing this manually? "0wners" of the zombie nets will let you get your URL added to thousands of web sites for a small fee.

That's why this happens. The early stuff was pranks - it's business now.