Re: Malware Attacking Your Router?

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Re: Malware Attacking Your Router? Leythos 06-20-2008
Posted by Kerry Brown on June 21, 2008, 8:47 pm
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>
> While I fear that commenting may cause more suspicious views I wanted to
> confirm a few things.
>
> I don't think I know Dave but I certainly didn't ask him to post a link
> to my blog.
> I do appreciate that Dave thought my topic earlier this week was worth
> discussing. Thanks Dave
> I certainly understand how messages could be viewed as spam which is I
> why if you search you won't find any posts promoting my blog or
> WinPatrol which might appear to be spam.
>
> I think anyone who knows me will confirm I'm one of the most reputable
> people you'll meet online. Perhaps not the most modest. The only reason
> I found this post is because I have Google Alerts set up to Email me any
> mentions of WinPatrol. I appreciate Kerry's adding the discussion with
> valuable tip. The only real tip in my blog post was that people need to
> change their d*mn default password.
>
> Lastly, my BitsfromBill blog is non-commercial with the exception of
> news about WinPatrol. WinPatrol is free and essentially supported by
> the 1% of our users who do upgrade to the paid version.
>

I occasionally read your blog. I have a lot of respect for it and you.
While some may have thought Dave was spamming, I am not one of them. Dave
is overly focused on conspiracies. He has been known to post links to
blogs or forum posts then extrapolate things I'm sure the author never
intended.

I am of the belief that compromising routers is a very serious issue,
possibly one of the most serious we face when surfing the Internet.
Changing DNS settings allows criminals to do some very sophisticated
things that most users would have a very hard time detecting. It also is
OS agnostic as there is no infection of the computer. Fortunately the
current attacks are easily defeated but the user has to take action to do
this. Blogs like yours help to get the word out so people will take the
needed steps to protect themselves.

I still think the blog post overstated what they can do, but the fact
that the blog brings attention to this issue can only result in good.

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/


Posted by ~BD~ on June 22, 2008, 2:57 am
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wrote:

"I don't think I know Dave but I certainly didn't ask him to post a link to
my blog.
I do appreciate that Dave thought my topic earlier this week was worth
discussing. Thanks Dave"


You're welcome, Bill.

I can confirm here that I do not know Bill personally (nor, in fact, on
line) although I *have* used Win Patrol in the distant past. Perhaps I will
again now!

I first became aware of such matters when I read this item in The Register:-
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/09/dns_rebinding_attack/

There are a great many 'help' sites on the net - many purporting to 'clean'
a users PC - yet cybercrime continues to flourish. Most people I know would
expect that a format and reinstallation of an operating system would
*really* give then a fresh start. It seems to me, though, that if one's
router has a mind of its own, so to speak, a computer could be back as part
of a Botnet in the blink of an eye!

Dave





Posted by Leythos on June 22, 2008, 3:20 pm
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mikepawlak2REM@OVEhotmail.com says...
> Just like Andrew E. Leythos will never admit any fault.

Just like a troll you don't know what you're talking about kido. I've
already posted that I could have misunderstood.

--
- Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
- Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a
drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"
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Posted by MAP on June 22, 2008, 6:25 pm
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Leythos wrote:
> mikepawlak2REM@OVEhotmail.com says...
>> Just like Andrew E. Leythos will never admit any fault.
>
> Just like a troll you don't know what you're talking about kido. I've
> already posted that I could have misunderstood.

Ya I read it, you admitted some fault while still blaming BD for the way he
posted and admittingly stating that you did not click the link. the most
non-applogy I've seen in some time. Go ahead and reply, in the past you seem
to have a need to have the last word, go ahead I'll give it to you.


" Unlike you, I can live with being wrong and have been in the past. The
post appeared to be spam and was improperly formatted in a reply, like
your post is not properly quoting the text you quoted.

So, yes, it appears that BD is a good member, that the blog is
reputable, but, I had not seen either before and took it for face value.

Maybe you can get your Usenet interface fixed while you ponder the
simple misunderstanding because of a lack of explanation."


How can you have not reconised BD he's been posting here for several months
and you come here often?


--
Mike Pawlak



Posted by Leythos on June 22, 2008, 8:05 pm
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mikepawlak2REM@OVEhotmail.com says...
> Leythos wrote:
> > mikepawlak2REM@OVEhotmail.com says...
> >> Just like Andrew E. Leythos will never admit any fault.
> >
> > Just like a troll you don't know what you're talking about kido. I've
> > already posted that I could have misunderstood.
>
> Ya I read it, you admitted some fault while still blaming BD for the way he
> posted and admittingly stating that you did not click the link. the most
> non-applogy I've seen in some time. Go ahead and reply, in the past you seem
> to have a need to have the last word, go ahead I'll give it to you.
>

As I read what you've posted, your sort of saying you were wrong, but,
that's the most non-apology I've seen in some time....

--
- Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
- Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a
drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"
spam999free@rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)

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