Anti Virus Talk Anti Virus Talk    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  found a site that tried to put smitfraud on my pc Goto page Previous  1, 2          Anti Virus Talk Forum Index -> Anti Virus Talk View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message kurt wismer Guest Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:58 am    Post subject: Re: found a site that tried to put smitfraud on my pc David H. Lipman wrote: Quote: From: "Gaz" <gazter@msn.com | 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?" Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor David H. Lipman Guest Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:16 am    Post subject: Re: found a site that tried to put smitfraud on my pc 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 Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         Anti Virus Talk Forum Index -> Anti Virus Talk All times are GMT Goto page Previous  1, 2 Page 2 of 2   Jump to: Select a forum Anti Virus Talk----------------Anti Virus Talk  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum 126 Attacks blocked Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group