Receiving spam related to websites I just visited. Is theresomething in this PC, or what happened?

[Guest Robert A. Macy]

Receiving spam related to websites I just visited. Is theresomething in this PC, or what happened?

 

Running IE6 on this Win98. I keep my cookies to 12 related only to

websites I'm registered with. I keep 'temporary' stripped and empty

every session.

 

Yet, I just visited Microsoft website for IE problems and now am

receiving a flurry of 'official looking' notices from MS that say

click here to upgrade your Internet Explorer. Obviously these were

spam and the purpose was to inject malware into my system, because

they came from RIPE network. They violated MS copyright, so I

forwarded to abuse at RIPE and at MS.

 

Maybe a spambot crawled through the Usenet chatter regarding problems

with IE. But seems more likely that I was tracked going to the URL.

I did not think much about it until after going to an airline website

to look for flight times and started receiving a flurry of airline

ticket spams.

 

I did the ctrl-alt-del and found only the four programs that should be

running there.

 

Is it possible to put some kind of tracking software inside my system

without the software showing?

 

Robert

[Guest Dan]

RE: Receiving spam related to websites I just visited. Is there somet

 

RE: Receiving spam related to websites I just visited. Is there somet

 

Robert, is your Windows XP fully updated on both machines? Are Windows 98

fully updated? Are we talking about original 98 or 98 Second Edition? In

XP, make sure you have the firewall enabled and no exceptions checked to

prevent nothing from getting through. Take a look at the exceptions and let

me know what is there especially if it is something unusual. In the

add/remove software take a look there and are there programs that you do not

recognize and if so Ask here or Google them for information. Please remove

the baddies as I like to call them from the add remove area. Go to cookie

handling area of Internet Explorer 6 or 7 and click on advanced settings and

block all 3rd party cookies as well as first party cookies and prompt for now

first party cookies. Delete everything from there including off-line files

-- this may take a while if you have not done it recently.

 

 

 

 

Tools that I like and use once initial cleaning is done are:

 

1. SpywareBlaster --- prevents baddies from getting into Internet Explorer

and Mozilla Firefox in the first place --- my favorite tool

 

2. Spybot Search and Destroy --- also a great tool and it removes baddies

from your system

 

3. Windows Live One Care --- you can run a free scan and there is a free 90

day trial that I am trying out on the XP Professional Service Pack 3 --- I

have 45 days left in my evaluation. It is good so far but of course not the

best anti-virus program out there but I have yet to run into false positives

with it and that is great

 

4. Adaware SE --- Stay Far Away --- too much risk potential of false

positives -- I no longer suggest using it since it trashed my sister Kate's

computer --- I was stupid for not asking her permission to work on the system

and I got judged according as it should be

 

5. Keep Us Informed --- you will also have to use customized settings for

Internet Explorer to have better safety and other stuff but I will now let

others chime their reason in so we can be as one united front in fixing your

computers.

 

98 Second Edition or First Edition I will let others write their feedback

first because I am very curious on their opinions about it.

 

Mozilla Firefox is awesome in 98 Second Edition and is supported until the

end of the year --- 2.0.0.x version -- currently on x=16 version. Mozilla

Firefox 3 is for XP but I am not using it yet because I am stubborn and old

school.

 

 

 

 

 

"Robert A. Macy" wrote:

> Running IE6 on this Win98. I keep my cookies to 12 related only to

> websites I'm registered with. I keep 'temporary' stripped and empty

> every session.

>

> Yet, I just visited Microsoft website for IE problems and now am

> receiving a flurry of 'official looking' notices from MS that say

> click here to upgrade your Internet Explorer. Obviously these were

> spam and the purpose was to inject malware into my system, because

> they came from RIPE network. They violated MS copyright, so I

> forwarded to abuse at RIPE and at MS.

>

> Maybe a spambot crawled through the Usenet chatter regarding problems

> with IE. But seems more likely that I was tracked going to the URL.

> I did not think much about it until after going to an airline website

> to look for flight times and started receiving a flurry of airline

> ticket spams.

>

> I did the ctrl-alt-del and found only the four programs that should be

> running there.

>

> Is it possible to put some kind of tracking software inside my system

> without the software showing?

>

> Robert

>

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: Receiving spam related to websites I just visited. Is there something in this PC, or what happened?

 

Re: Receiving spam related to websites I just visited. Is there something in this PC, or what happened?

 

This SPAM has nothing to do with MS websites.

 

See: http://msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/archive/2008/08/07/1643666.aspx

 

More:

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22admin@microsoft.com%22+%2B+%22internet+explorer+7%22&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&ie=utf8&oe=utf8

 

http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?q=%22admin%40microsoft.com%22%20%2B%20%22internet%20explorer%207%22&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wb

--

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net

DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

 

 

Robert A. Macy wrote:

> Running IE6 on this Win98. I keep my cookies to 12 related only to

> websites I'm registered with. I keep 'temporary' stripped and empty

> every session.

>

> Yet, I just visited Microsoft website for IE problems and now am

> receiving a flurry of 'official looking' notices from MS that say

> click here to upgrade your Internet Explorer. Obviously these were

> spam and the purpose was to inject malware into my system, because

> they came from RIPE network. They violated MS copyright, so I

> forwarded to abuse at RIPE and at MS.

>

> Maybe a spambot crawled through the Usenet chatter regarding problems

> with IE. But seems more likely that I was tracked going to the URL.

> I did not think much about it until after going to an airline website

> to look for flight times and started receiving a flurry of airline

> ticket spams.

>

> I did the ctrl-alt-del and found only the four programs that should be

> running there.

>

> Is it possible to put some kind of tracking software inside my system

> without the software showing?

>

> Robert

[Guest philo]

Re: Receiving spam related to websites I just visited. Is there something in this PC, or what happened?

 

Re: Receiving spam related to websites I just visited. Is there something in this PC, or what happened?

 

 

"Robert A. Macy" <macy@california.com> wrote in message

news:e9bef552-a04a-4238-9df4-843a94443b39@d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...

> Running IE6 on this Win98. I keep my cookies to 12 related only to

> websites I'm registered with. I keep 'temporary' stripped and empty

> every session.

>

> Yet, I just visited Microsoft website for IE problems and now am

> receiving a flurry of 'official looking' notices from MS that say

> click here to upgrade your Internet Explorer. Obviously these were

> spam and the purpose was to inject malware into my system, because

> they came from RIPE network. They violated MS copyright, so I

> forwarded to abuse at RIPE and at MS.

>

> Maybe a spambot crawled through the Usenet chatter regarding problems

> with IE. But seems more likely that I was tracked going to the URL.

> I did not think much about it until after going to an airline website

> to look for flight times and started receiving a flurry of airline

> ticket spams.

>

> I did the ctrl-alt-del and found only the four programs that should be

> running there.

>

> Is it possible to put some kind of tracking software inside my system

> without the software showing?

>

> Robert

 

 

If you are posting with your real email address, that explains the spam

 

best to mung your address!