Re: found a site that tried to put smitfraud on my pc

Re: found a site that tried to put smitfraud on my pc

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Re: found a site that tried to put smitfraud on my pc David H. Lipman 07-07-2008
Posted by David H. Lipman on July 7, 2008, 7:05 pm
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| Is anything really done about these sites? The numbers of people taken in by
| these frauds must be frightening, the credit card companies are facilitating
| this organised crime. We have seen how, when a government wants to, it can
| enforce law on the internet just as strongly as it can in the real world.

| Many of these fake spyware companies present themselves as legitimate
| companies, they are parasitic fraudsters extorting money out of users forced
| to buy their products.

| Gaz

I don't know what to tell you. You are correct in your assertions. This kind
of fraud is
very difficult to deal with,
I don't personnally do anything, but I can provide the information to malware
researchers
who keep track of the sites, deal ith the malware end collect evidence.


--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp



Posted by kurt wismer on July 9, 2008, 7:58 pm
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David H. Lipman wrote:
>
>
>
> | Is anything really done about these sites? The numbers of people taken in by
> | these frauds must be frightening, the credit card companies are facilitating
> | this organised crime. We have seen how, when a government wants to, it can
> | enforce law on the internet just as strongly as it can in the real world.
>
> | Many of these fake spyware companies present themselves as legitimate
> | companies, they are parasitic fraudsters extorting money out of users forced
> | to buy their products.
>
> | Gaz
>
> I don't know what to tell you. You are correct in your assertions. This kind
of fraud is
> very difficult to deal with,
> I don't personnally do anything, but I can provide the information to malware
researchers
> who keep track of the sites, deal ith the malware end collect evidence.

are there not people who chase these things down and get the page
binned? i seem to recall something called MIRT...

here we go http://www.castlecops.com/c55-MIRT.html

--
"it's not the right time to be sober
now the idiots have taken over
spreading like a social cancer,
is there an answer?"

Posted by David H. Lipman on July 9, 2008, 8:16 pm
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From: "kurt wismer" kurtw@sympatico.ca

| are there not people who chase these things down and get the page
| binned? i seem to recall something called MIRT...

| here we go http://www.castlecops.com/c55-MIRT.html

Yes. CastleCops' Malware Incident Reporting and Termination (MIRT) deals with
these
issues.
http://www.castlecops.com/mirt

Although I am not a MIRT member, I know many who are.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp



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