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Stop the spam
Anon
2006-Nov-9 12:35 pm
New Spam Retaliation ToolI cam across this thread this morning. The tool actually helps reduce the spam » www.wilderssecurity.com/ ··· t=153745» thecarpcstore.com/phpbb2 ··· hp?t=389 |
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CudniLa Merma - Vigilado MVM join:2003-12-20 Someshire |
Cudni
MVM
2006-Nov-9 12:48 pm
Can this be used against a bona fide site?
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TechyDad Premium Member join:2001-07-13 USA |
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Sounds similar to an idea I had awhile back which I dubbed "Phisher Phakeout." The idea was that you would click on the Phisher links in your e-mail, run this program, and it would fill in the forms will random information. I actually got a database of first names, last names, and cities to use before other things took priority. One of these days I might revive that project. |
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Fobulous Premium Member join:2002-08-14 Missouri City, TX |
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I downloaded this thing but did not find any programs to run with. just bunch of folders and a few java scripts. Am i suppose to double click on these scripts?? |
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said by TechyDad: The idea was that you would click on the Phisher links in your e-mail Nowadays, isn't that quite dangerous? I was under the impression that not only do these sites host phishing or spam prodcuts, but also are sources for viruses and spyware? Sure, you might have anti-virus and anti-spyware, but that doesn't mean that you'll go to a site that's ahead of what you have. I think it's way to risky to go to a spam link in your browser. |
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TechyDad Premium Member join:2001-07-13 USA |
TechyDad
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2006-Nov-9 2:49 pm
Possibly. This (hypothetical) tool definitely wouldn't be for the average user. Another less-than-desirable result could be that the phishing link could be tied to your e-mail address. (To give a simple example, joeshmoe@someisp.com could get a url to phisher.com/index.php?id=7 while janesmith@anotherisp.com might get phisher.com/index.php?id=12.) By loading up the page, you could be confirming to the phisher that your e-mail address is live. So even if you don't fall for their scam, they might compile a list of those live e-mails and sell them to some spammers.
Just one of many reasons why "Phisher Phakeout" isn't high on my priorities list. |
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Anon
2006-Nov-9 3:01 pm
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Double-click 'kill.html'.
It launches the script from your browser. |
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Fobulous Premium Member join:2002-08-14 Missouri City, TX 1 edit |
Fobulous
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2006-Nov-9 3:05 pm
ah thanks.
too bad the instructions aren't very clear. and i have noscript running.
i guess after the script is run, it just automatically finds "these sites" and submit "orders"???? neat idea but i don't know if this is working or not. |
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jansson_markMarkus Jansson Premium Member join:2001-08-05 Finland 2 edits |
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For me, it refreshes, but even its been running for a while, it still only sayes:"Orders Submitted: 1"... So I dont think its working properly. Oh, it needs to have cookies enabled on your www-browser. Now it works perfectly. |
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tempnexus Premium Member join:1999-08-11 Boston, MA 1 edit
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all I get is invalid archive. Ok I got it running on 20 threads...BUT the problem is this: Your ISP might see you as being infected with a BOT and sending out SPAM so as far as I know, the joke might be ON YOU when YOUR ISP CUTS YOUR CONNECTION OFF. |
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BlackbirdBuilt for Speed Premium Member join:2005-01-14 Fort Wayne, IN |
said by tempnexus: ... Your ISP might see you as being infected with a BOT and sending out SPAM so as far as I know, the joke might be ON YOU when YOUR ISP CUTS YOUR CONNECTION OFF. Sad, but perhaps true. One could only wish all the ISPs were that observant... then the real spammers would find all their bots and such getting cut off at the knees. But the way it so often works, the "good guys" will be the ones hitting the wall. Sigh...! |
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tempnexus Premium Member join:1999-08-11 Boston, MA |
I agree however, I know from personal experience that COMCAST kills the bot machines. I had many customers stop by my shop because Comcast/ATT disconnected their service, stating that they will only reconnect it after they reformat their PC (due to bot infection). |
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Stop the spam
Anon
2006-Nov-10 9:13 pm
said by tempnexus:I agree however, I know from personal experience that COMCAST kills the bot machines. I had many customers stop by my shop because Comcast/ATT disconnected their service, stating that they will only reconnect it after they reformat their PC (due to bot infection). Why would they? This script is filling html forms not spamming by email. To the ISP it looks like legitimate web traffic. |
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Stop the spam |
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FYI This is not meant for the average home user and of course one is expected to use common sense. |
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AB57 Premium Member join:2006-04-04 equatorial
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said by Stop the spam :said by tempnexus:I agree however, I know from personal experience that COMCAST kills the bot machines. I had many customers stop by my shop because Comcast/ATT disconnected their service, stating that they will only reconnect it after they reformat their PC (due to bot infection). Why would they? This script is filling html forms not spamming by email. To the ISP it looks like legitimate web traffic. Anytime you play with fire, there's a chance you could get burned. |
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hehe... If you are going to play with something like this then I would suggest you use a virtual machine such as vmware. As Lex Luthor pointed out above, many of these sites are also host malware and as AV/AS software will always be behind the trend there is a very good chance you will pick up something nasty. Using vmware you can take a snapshot after you have set up your scripts etc. then if the malware detects the vm and exits, you've won. If it infects the vm, you simply revert to the snapshot and again you've won. If you do use this method then make sure your host firewall and that of any other machines on your network are properly configured to block all traffic from the vm to prevent them from becoming infected. If your router has a build-in firewall then this should be configured to block all outgoing traffic from the vm except DNS and HTTP. This will keep your ISP off your back. And finally, Don't used shared folders or any other kind of network share between the vm and the host or any other machine. |
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Can this tool be used against Panda I'm getting so much spam from them. |
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tempnexus Premium Member join:1999-08-11 Boston, MA |
I had that happen to me with my yahoo account. But I had my Material Physical Science newsletter spamming my mailbox because few years ago I gave a nanomaterials presentation on their sponsored symposium. So every few days I got a news letter and every few days I reported them to yahoo as spam. After about 1.5 years all of their news letters are going directly to spam. Initially I thought that Yahoo just added the spam filter just to my yahoo account. So I create another yahoo name, and sign up for the news letter. Lo and behold every mail from MPS I get, gets funneled to Yahoo spam folder I single handily added a reputable news letter to spam. (and yes I did try to unsubscribe). |
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said by sharpy merc:Can this tool be used against Panda I'm getting so much spam from them. Don't do it. It will get you into serious legal trouble down the line. |
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