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God Save The Suite
Premium
join:2003-09-15
Arlington, TX
clubs: | All I can do is laugh. Finally something being done about rogue anti-spyware apps, but all I can do is laugh. L-O-Fking-L.
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aaronfitz
Premium
join:2004-03-06
Cedar Rapids, IA | Re: All I can do is laugh. Why is everyone going on this "first post" thing? | |
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David
Last man standing
Premium,VIP
join:2002-05-30
Granite City, IL
clubs: | Re: All I can do is laugh. ask Steve  about "first post moron" | |
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Premium,ExMod 2003-06
join:2001-03-15
hiatus
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 ·Cox HSI
| It seems to have migrated here from Slashdot and how it got to Slashdot, I'm not certain exactly.
If fact, there once was a Userfriendly (www.userfriendly.org) that illustrated how some people sat waiting for a new news posting in order to be first to post a comment. Truth be told, I've met people who had done this and brag about it. Let's just say they aren't exactly "normal", if there is such a thing.
More info on the "first post" thing:
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_post
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Levi Aho
@rnktel.ne
| Well, you see ... Once apon a time slashdot was cool. And then slashdot got infested with n00bs and trolls and B1FF types. When these morons took over, stuff like the first post thing was part of what they did. So now, while slashdot is no longer cool (the fora at least), it still a reputation of cool, so newbies think acting like that is cool. And of course the B1FFs and trolls that ruined slashdot are looking for virgin web to rape. | |
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loserhead
3 Billion Chinese People Can Be Wrong
join:2004-01-01
Ellijay, GA | noob problem it's like all you have to do is "say" that you will help someone's pc and they will blindly agree to whatever EULA you put in front of them.
m glad that the govt is doing something about this.
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Levi Aho
@rnktel.ne
| Re: noob problem Sure, the fact that they bought spyware removeal tools from a popup ad indicated their inexperiance, but the isn't solely a newbie problem. You see, the ads to sell the faulty spyware removal tools are created by adware. If you read the Yahoo article they link too, you'd know that this first round of adware was drive by installed from some banner ads. My mother's Windows box is currently infected by this sort of software. (It's some adware that advertises all sorts of things. Sometimes it advertises anti spyware software.) I consider myself a hacker (not a cracker BTW), but I've had a hard time with this particular one. Don't know if it's related to this guy's activities or not.
Oh, and just in case you got your hopes up, this dosn't mean the government is taking spy/ad/malware seriously. This is a *civil* suit filed by the FTC. If they where serious, the FBI CyberCrime Division would get off it's collective behind and file some *criminal* charges. But no, they're off hunting teenagers with some craking skills and/or copyright violators or something. (BTW, I didn't say pirates because equating copyright violation with piracy is slander of the hightest order.) | |
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join:2004-10-27
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October 27th, @07:53AM
| Re: noob problem hoi!
like u i know something about hacking but i wont call myselfe a hacker
- maybe a n00bie ^^
the way sanford spread that lame mass exploit is really pissing me off.
after i found that 0.bat in my system32 folder i
connected 2 the given ip and found myselfe on that
fucking adserver.
the funny thing about this ftp-account sanford uses
to transfer his stuff is that it has permission 2 browse
any folder of that server - ok u may not write
but in one word - thats a big security hole - u could
even download important config- or logfiles!
and thats the point i dont get - by all means -
sanford hacked me - sanford hacked u - so why not hack back?
i really wonder why that server is still up - there r much
exploits for his ftp-client for example.
i dont want to make ppl do something illegal!
i just wonder... | |
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PhoenixAZ
Joshua
Premium
join:2004-01-04
Phoenix, AZ | eacceleration Stop Sign Is also one of those bogus spyware removers. | |
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Doctor Olds
I Need A Remedy For What's Ailing Me.
Premium,VIP
join:2001-04-19
1970 442 W30
clubs: | Put that AH known as Sanford Wallace in Prison. He can tell Bubba his story while looking for the dropped soap. OUCH!! LOL | |
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BonezX
Basement Dweller
Premium
join:2004-04-13
Canada
| Re: Sanford Wallace was . . . they should go after them for illegally using someone elses intellectual material ie: the code and systems used to scan
and when they click the magic Agree button the user has just given away any protection they had in the first place.
now i do not agree with spyware/adware and there are already mediums that are used to advertise products, one of them is T.V. then there's radio.
the thing with adware is that the product that the person or company is trying to sell my be illegal in the country in question which would make the entire idea of using the ad's in the first place useless.
leave ads as banners, do not add cookies, and don't mess with activex, should be the ground rules for internet advertising. | |
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Pony99CA
join:2004-09-05
Hollister, CA
| Charging Users It's bad enough that the moron deceived people with fraudulent software, but he also charged them for it. You'd think to get wider distribution, he would have offered it for free, but I suppose that also might have gotten him caught sooner.
I recommend changing his name from Spamford to Spamfraud. | |
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David
Last man standing
Premium,VIP
join:2002-05-30
Granite City, IL
clubs: | Well ya know what they say, if you can't trick them the old way try a new trick...
I guess charging them for the software was the trick.. | |
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HangTheScumbag
|  Hang the SCUMBAG by his BALLS !!!
Hang em High !!! | |
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BonezX
Basement Dweller
Premium
join:2004-04-13
Canada | Re: Hang the SCUMBAG by his BALLS !!! ^ this is why i do not belive in the human race lasting long | |
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DSun101
To Tired To Make Sense
join:2001-03-23
Boonton, NJ | Wait a sec, im acually agreeing with taylor01 here..oh jeez.. | |
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bmn
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Premium,ExMod 2003-06
join:2001-03-15
hiatus
·Packet8
·Cox HSI
| Next target... www.winpopupguard.com
These guys advertise blocking popups and such all while infecting systems and advertising via, guess what ?... Pop-ups, especially when you search for Spyware or Adware.
And even more interesting are several forums posts around the internet from people who tried it out and found it contained Spyware.
They've also got a "partner" site called winantivirus.com.
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JonAlthoff
Premium
join:2003-07-03
Canal Winchester, OH
edit:
October 25th, @03:00PM
| Avenue A blocked by Spybot when trying Yahoo link Spybot just blocked Avenue A from loading when I clicked on the "has sued" link for Yahoo!. I made the mistake of using IE instead of Firefox. | |
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