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Offline Clave

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SPYWARE IN HEADER ADVERT!
on: May 27, 2006, 03:21:43 am
There is spyware in the advert, please fix it ASAP before more people have to reformat  :no: :no: :no:

The file is called: pre.emf

« Last Edit: May 27, 2006, 03:25:04 am by Clave »
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Re: SPYWARE IN HEADER ADVERT!
Reply #1 on: May 27, 2006, 03:38:49 am
I am a witness to this file as well.  I was just about to make a post, myself.  We need to get rid of this POS excuse for sponsorship.  Now.

File opens with Image and fax viewer BTW.  WMF exploit anyone?
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Re: SPYWARE IN HEADER ADVERT!
Reply #2 on: May 27, 2006, 03:42:50 am
Yep, it ran all over Icy's PC - spyware everywhere.

I stuck it on the desktop and opened it with Illustrator of all things - but then I'm running a Mac, so felt pretty safe...

It's a blue rectangle...  but obviously, there's more going on than that  :sigh:
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Offline Fury

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Re: SPYWARE IN HEADER ADVERT!
Reply #3 on: May 27, 2006, 04:06:52 am
While I have hard time believing clicksor ads would contain security vulnerability exploits, better be safe than sorry. Clicksor ads have been removed, we should have generated enough income for clicksor to send the first payment by now.
 

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Re: SPYWARE IN HEADER ADVERT!
Reply #4 on: May 27, 2006, 04:37:48 am
Thanks, I'll tell the other WS'ers  :yes:
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Re: SPYWARE IN HEADER ADVERT!
Reply #5 on: May 27, 2006, 05:29:36 am
My last spyware scan was last week and it was clean. Unless the boards for Bioware, Bethesda, or Blizzard lead to spy ware (which they haven't in the past) the only place I could have gotten the 23 infections found would be here since nothing else has been downloaded.

Odd that it didn't happen earlier though. However the clicksor ads have been very odd. Some being text, others being flash, others being standard images, etc.
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Re: SPYWARE IN HEADER ADVERT!
Reply #6 on: May 27, 2006, 05:47:14 am
They were very odd... now they're just very gone. :)
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Re: SPYWARE IN HEADER ADVERT!
Reply #7 on: May 27, 2006, 06:36:02 am
"H@tkeyH@@k" was the keylogger (installed on the wrong HD so it wasn't active fortunately. Not like they would have gotten anything but a few C&C games and my pissing off the right-wingers on the SS:2845 boards. Maybe a few less votes from Hackers for Bush?) and the other bits of spyware were cookies used to log site visits.
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Re: SPYWARE IN HEADER ADVERT!
Reply #8 on: May 27, 2006, 07:38:43 am
Cookies are not spyware. I can't stand that definition. :rolleyes:
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Offline Kosh

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Re: SPYWARE IN HEADER ADVERT!
Reply #9 on: May 27, 2006, 08:51:23 am
Some cookies are spyware though.....
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Offline Mars

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Re: SPYWARE IN HEADER ADVERT!
Reply #10 on: May 27, 2006, 08:59:28 am
While there can be malicious cookies, I don't think they fall into the malware category.
 

Offline SadisticSid

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Re: SPYWARE IN HEADER ADVERT!
Reply #11 on: May 27, 2006, 09:12:30 am
Quote from: Kosh on May 27, 2006, 08:51:23 am
Some cookies are spyware though.....

No, they're not.

Cookies can be bits of arbitrary or useful information that are stored locally as a result of you visiting a website. They don't gather data from your computer. They don't contain any other data than what you send to a site, or what the site sends to you. They can't propagate their data to one another. They don't perform any activity at all and any data therein is only ever sent back to the site it originated from. The only way they can violate your privacy is if you send your private data to a dubious site, or the cookie contains sensitive information which is then harvested by a malicious program.
 

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Re: SPYWARE IN HEADER ADVERT!
Reply #12 on: May 27, 2006, 09:17:30 am
Or it tracks all your activity and not only violates your security but your privacy too.....
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Offline Kosh

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Reply #13 on: May 27, 2006, 10:26:46 am
Ok then, go download Adware, then go get yourself some fastclick/doubleclick/whateverclick cookies and I garuntee it will nail them for spyware.
"The reason for this is that the original Fortran got so convoluted and extensive (10's of millions of lines of code) that no-one can actually figure out how it works, there's a massive project going on to decode the original Fortran and write a more modern system, but until then, the UK communication network is actually relying heavily on 35 year old Fortran that nobody understands." - Flipside

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Re: SPYWARE IN HEADER ADVERT!
Reply #14 on: May 27, 2006, 10:28:35 am
I still have it on my desktop.. it's like a freshwater fish in the sea now: 'OMG! I can't function in this environment'

It shall go to the Trash in due time... :nod:
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Re: SPYWARE IN HEADER ADVERT!
Reply #15 on: May 27, 2006, 11:24:01 am
Ooh you evil man stop torturing that defenceless little spyware! :hopping:
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Reply #16 on: May 27, 2006, 11:52:02 am
i like cookies.
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Reply #17 on: May 27, 2006, 01:37:08 pm
Quote from: Clave on May 27, 2006, 10:28:35 am
I still have it on my desktop.. it's like a freshwater fish in the sea now: 'OMG! I can't function in this environment'


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Reply #18 on: May 28, 2006, 09:16:56 am
Quote from: Kosh on May 27, 2006, 10:26:46 am
Ok then, go download Adware, then go get yourself some fastclick/doubleclick/whateverclick cookies and I garuntee it will nail them for spyware.

It'll detect them as threats to privacy, yes, because the originating site can track your activities on itself between sessions. Adaware doesn't just pick up malware. It's supposed to detect anything that anyone might like to remove without knowing exactly what the threats are.

So no, cookies are not malware. They're just data.
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Offline Kosh

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Re: SPYWARE IN HEADER ADVERT!
Reply #19 on: May 28, 2006, 10:21:59 am
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It'll detect them as threats to privacy, yes, because the originating site can track your activities on itself between sessions.

Isn't that the definition of what spyware does?



EDIT:

Oh, and about clicksor. Before it was removed, I saw a clicksor ad that said "Looking for something better? Try Wing Commander!"
« Last Edit: May 28, 2006, 10:28:37 am by Kosh »
"The reason for this is that the original Fortran got so convoluted and extensive (10's of millions of lines of code) that no-one can actually figure out how it works, there's a massive project going on to decode the original Fortran and write a more modern system, but until then, the UK communication network is actually relying heavily on 35 year old Fortran that nobody understands." - Flipside

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