Beware!

[Guest]

I just ran a check of my nick, through Google. I do it every once in a while, to check if any of my stories have been ripped and copied anywhere, etc.

Well, I found quite a lot, some of the returns were to some really obscure sites. One of them was VERY dodgy (forcedrape - something or other). In hindsight, I was silly, but I clicked on the link to see what my name and supposedly, one of my stories, was doing there. Whoa! Alerts galore. My firewall flashed up, as did my anti-virus software. It tried to get me to install some kind of player, etc etc.

Anyway, I closed it all down asap. Then did a virus check. A bloody bastard backdoor worm was on my system. I got rid of it and did a reboot, only to have my firewall flash up at me again saying a new version of explorer was trying to access the 'net. WTF?

I also had an alert window showing up, saying that some system files had changed, and I should insert the XP disk, to reinstall the original, proper files. Argh!!

All sorted now, but bloody hell, that was a pain in the arse.

So, beware! If you do run searches, to see if any of your stuff has been ripped, be careful about clicking on links. I still don't know why the fuck it returned a hit to that site, for one of my stories. I don't much care now, to be honest. I'm not going there again!

Lou

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Thanks for the warning love, good to know.

 

[impressive]

Thanks for the warning love, good to know.

ABS!!!!!!!!!! Good to see you!

 

[ABSTRUSE]

ABS!!!!!!!!!! Good to see you!

It's my cigar, gets them all the time.

 

[Black Tulip]

LOL

I so wish I had chosen another nickname. It's hopeless to check for Black Tulip. I get thousands of references to Alexandre Dumas' story and after that about 999 mentions of the elusive flower itself.

 

[Guest]

LOL

I so wish I had chosen another nickname. It's hopeless to check for Black Tulip. I get thousands of references to Alexandre Dumas' story and after that about 999 mentions of the elusive flower itself.

Blessing in disguise, hon. At least you won't be lured into clicking on those bloody links. Bastards.

 

[BlackShanglan]

LOL

I so wish I had chosen another nickname. It's hopeless to check for Black Tulip. I get thousands of references to Alexandre Dumas' story and after that about 999 mentions of the elusive flower itself.

Yes, same here. That sea of Black Shanglans to wade through.

Shanglan

 

[sweetnpetite]

LOL

I so wish I had chosen another nickname. It's hopeless to check for Black Tulip. I get thousands of references to Alexandre Dumas' story and after that about 999 mentions of the elusive flower itself.

same thing w/ my nick. only imostly hit dating sites and webcams and stuff oh well- as Tate sais it's a blessing in disguise.

 

[cloudy]

LOL

I so wish I had chosen another nickname. It's hopeless to check for Black Tulip. I get thousands of references to Alexandre Dumas' story and after that about 999 mentions of the elusive flower itself.

I'd be willing to guarantee that a search for "cloudy" is even worse.

 

[cheerful_deviant]

My name didn't turn up much except here on Lit and one other site I have used the same login. There also is apparenly some computer guru that uses the same name posting on a lit of tech pages.

But apparently my stories aren't worth stealing.

 

[gauchecritic]

Hmm. I've found that my stories aren't worth stealing either, but, and I think my own googling has something to do with it. I'd guess that the google fixers (those that contrive to be hit no matter what you type in) are at work here.

If you google your own name enough then you will give your name a higher search rate, so the fixers would be then interested in using your name to lure searchers. Just a thought.

 

[English Lady]

Have you tried searching for English Lady?*L* It's a lost cause *LOL*

Good warning though Lou...it's so easy to be tempted into clicking...

 

[brightlyiburn]

Also, those damn sites...
The "search engine" sites that people use to make money clicking. I'm sure you've run across those. They'll forcibly pick up EVERYTHING you search for and make it look as if they actually have legitimate results. However, they never do. Not dangerous, but annoying as all hell.

 

[Guest]

Hmm. I've found that my stories aren't worth stealing either, but, and I think my own googling has something to do with it. I'd guess that the google fixers (those that contrive to be hit no matter what you type in) are at work here.

If you google your own name enough then you will give your name a higher search rate, so the fixers would be then interested in using your name to lure searchers. Just a thought.

Ah, yes! Of course, I hadn't considered that. I think I'll lay off the Googling for a while.

 

[Guest]

Lou,

A lot of that backdoor garbage comes in by exploiting weaknesses in Internet Explorer.

You should install Firefox. It's free, and better than IE in many ways (tabbed browsing for example).

It too can likely be exploited, but they have been careful to make it hard to do, and being there are fewer Firefox installs out there than IE (for now), there are almost no exploits to Firefox.

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

Highly recommended.

Your geek,
Ted

 

[Lisa Denton]

Newest variants of replicators:

I sometimes accidently click on some of those filthy, perverted, disgusting sites. Then I accidentally stay awhile looking at the sicko obscene stuff (curiosity) and get lots of trojans, viruses, backdoors, worms and other lovely things trying to crash through my firewall and antivirus software.

My software detects, denies access, attempts repairs, blocks dialers and pop-up downloading and appears satisfied that it saved the day, ha,ha.

The newest variants will get through, less if you constantly see which ones "hit and stick" your firewall, telling your firewall that you gave them access. The old ones would only jump into your programs and leave a simple replicator in your registry so that after you clean them all out and reboot they replicate instantly.

The newest variants of the replicators will only randomly replicate and fool you into thinking you got them.

I have no problem going into my registry on search and destroy missions but it scares the hell out of most people with good reason. What I have been doing lately is a combination that seems to work without that.

While you do these things write down any bugs that you find.
Clear your cookies and temp files.
Run your anti-virus software, full scan, all files.
Run Ad-Aware custom scan, all files. Their home page will tell you how. Check the configs default settings for hi-jack search pages which tell Ad-Aware to make them your normal home and search pages. Run the scan, again writing down the bugs. Then delete all. This clears your registry.
Run Hijack This -- This one is important -- Check the configs default settings for hi-jack search pages which tell Hijack This to make them your normal home and search pages before you start, they get in there all the time.

With Hijack This there is lots of places you can copy a logfile and post it and they will tell you what to fix. On search pages its easy, if you don't know them, they are bugs, click fix this. Look at your list of bugs you wrote down and look for those names or numbers with exe or run dlr, which is executable replicators and probably already in your start up menu. Its o.k., when you click fix this it will knock them out.

Check your firewall allowed programs for changes, run a search on those bug names and/or numbers you wrote down, delete any references to them, dump your recycle bin, and reboot.

This combination will get 99.9 per cent of them. If you get one from a North Korean server you is fucked. Their shit technology and shit viruses is corrupted data (not intentionally) so you can't kill them, WIPE YOUR SYSTEM.

Hope this helps.

 

[Honey123]

Newest variants of replicators:

I sometimes accidently click on some of those filthy, perverted, disgusting sites. Then I accidentally stay awhile looking at the sicko obscene stuff (curiosity) and get lots of trojans, viruses, backdoors, worms and other lovely things trying to crash through my firewall and antivirus software.

My software detects, denies access, attempts repairs, blocks dialers and pop-up downloading and appears satisfied that it saved the day, ha,ha.

The newest variants will get through, less if you constantly see which ones "hit and stick" your firewall, telling your firewall that you gave them access. The old ones would only jump into your programs and leave a simple replicator in your registry so that after you clean them all out and reboot they replicate instantly.

The newest variants of the replicators will only randomly replicate and fool you into thinking you got them.

I have no problem going into my registry on search and destroy missions but it scares the hell out of most people with good reason. What I have been doing lately is a combination that seems to work without that.

While you do these things write down any bugs that you find.
Clear your cookies and temp files.
Run your anti-virus software, full scan, all files.
Run Ad-Aware custom scan, all files. Their home page will tell you how. Check the configs default settings for hi-jack search pages which tell Ad-Aware to make them your normal home and search pages. Run the scan, again writing down the bugs. Then delete all. This clears your registry.
Run Hijack This -- This one is important -- Check the configs default settings for hi-jack search pages which tell Hijack This to make them your normal home and search pages before you start, they get in there all the time.

With Hijack This there is lots of places you can copy a logfile and post it and they will tell you what to fix. On search pages its easy, if you don't know them, they are bugs, click fix this. Look at your list of bugs you wrote down and look for those names or numbers with exe or run dlr, which is executable replicators and probably already in your start up menu. Its o.k., when you click fix this it will knock them out.

Check your firewall allowed programs for changes, run a search on those bug names and/or numbers you wrote down, delete any references to them, dump your recycle bin, and reboot.

This combination will get 99.9 per cent of them. If you get one from a North Korean server you is fucked. Their shit technology and shit viruses is corrupted data (not intentionally) so you can't kill them, WIPE YOUR SYSTEM.

Hope this helps.

Wow...great stuff there...I have to remember this...I mean, I run adware, but I never went through the rest.

 

[Lisa Denton]

Wow...great stuff there...I have to remember this...I mean, I run adware, but I never went through the rest.

Most people have lil bugs which barely slow down their system and they never know it.

Instead of posting their Hijack This logfiles most of my neighbors print them up and bring them to me, its become something of a hobby, a challenge, to beat the latest, newest bugs.

 

[Honey123]

Most people have lil bugs which barely slow down their system and they never know it.

Instead of posting their Hijack This logfiles most of my neighbors print them up and bring them to me, its become something of a hobby, a challenge, to beat the latest, newest bugs.

does Hijack This come with Adware? Or is this a totally different program?

My home computer crapped out on me just 2 days ago! I mean, like gone. We partioned the hard drive, but I still can't get my wireless to work...there is no interent access and only by dial up!

I do delete my cookies and internet files every night...run Adware...but Hijack This, I have never heard of.

 

[Lisa Denton]

does Hijack This come with Adware? Or is this a totally different program?

My home computer crapped out on me just 2 days ago! I mean, like gone. We partioned the hard drive, but I still can't get my wireless to work...there is no interent access and only by dial up!

I do delete my cookies and internet files every night...run Adware...but Hijack This, I have never heard of.

Hijack This is a free program just like Ad-Aware, just google it and download. It is kinda confusing, and if you don't know you should only fix what people tell you when you post a logfile, or send it to me.

I don't understand how a computer can just "crap out" is that the technical term for its demise? I can't help with wireless honey, I don't trust it and have a hard-wired network. If your computer hard-crashed and you reloaded windows your ISP should offer support to reset your wireless. Don't argue with them just say give me tech support and explain it.

Have you tried the set up a wireless network in the control panel, shut down your internet and firewalls and try that, my wireless mouse/keyboard thinks its a wireless network.

 

[Honey123]

Hijack This is a free program just like Ad-Aware, just google it and download. It is kinda confusing, and if you don't know you should only fix what people tell you when you post a logfile, or send it to me.

I don't understand how a computer can just "crap out" is that the technical term for its demise? I can't help with wireless honey, I don't trust it and have a hard-wired network. If your computer hard-crashed and you reloaded windows your ISP should offer support to reset your wireless. Don't argue with them just say give me tech support and explain it.

Have you tried the set up a wireless network in the control panel, shut down your internet and firewalls and try that, my wireless mouse/keyboard thinks its a wireless network.

yes I did.

Crap out...sorry..I meant that it just wouldn't boot. There was a ticking sound coming from the CPU...

 

[Blackie Malone]

There was a ticking sound coming from the CPU...

That's called a bomb.

 

[Honey123]

That's called a bomb.

Trust me...I wish I had one...I'd blow the damn thing up!!!

 

[Blackie Malone]

Trust me...I wish I had one...I'd blow the damn thing up!!!

Been there, recently installed a new antivirus program, should have seen all the shit that it found...it's a wonder I didn't crash!!! Plus I run Ad-aware and Spybot....I llike the extra protection.

 

[Honey123]

Been there, recently installed a new antivirus program, should have seen all the shit that it found...it's a wonder I didn't crash!!! Plus I run Ad-aware and Spybot....I llike the extra protection.

I just wonder if Lit has stuff that might hurt the computers. I know that sounds terrible, but it has only been crashing since I go on Lit at home more often.

And...since I go on it in work (shhhh) I have already needed a new hard drive.