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Damn nihil you go for the jugguler.
/note to self don't piss of nihil
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LOL.. nihil.. I can't believe you actually wrote to the USSS and not the FBI.. :rolleyes: hehe
I have a hard time believing that they'll respond to your email. Frankly, I think they won't care.
I'm glad you, at least, didn't include my nick or the site you found it on. Hopefully, they'll not search google to find out where it was posted.. I'm paranoid enough. :D
on this topic of CWS.. I found a nice, neat, simple little page.. simplicity is a good thing sometimes.
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Defend_CWS.htm
slightly off topic but..
On the topic of the FBI or the US secret service and having feds breathing down your neck, take a look at this guys blog. He, I guess.. was suspected in the theft of the half-life2 code being stolen. I was going to post it in the cosmos or tech humor forum but this thread now has a "fed slant" to it.
The whole surreal story
I hope they don't come knocking at my door, I have some text files on security/hacking and I think they wouldn't care if I was a good hacker or not.. it would be "sieze my computers first and ask questions later"..
*jenjen rigs some c4 to her hard drives.. :D
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Just for anybody thatis still interested... I wrote to some of the vendors the other day. I recieved the following response this morning:
Hi,
Didn't see the one with the hosts file lock yet, but I've already
reacted to the new CWS one that's closing down Spybot and others
(application and website both):
http://www.safer-networking.org/minifiles.html
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Best regards,
Patrick Kolla
(I got a nice letter from the FBI too:) )
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LOL, I'm seriously surprised to hear that the FBI responded :). (Glad too). I'm wondering though, for how long people are going to be patient with these companies? I sure am losing my patience when they DARE to install their programs on my computer without my permition, eat away my bandwith that i pay for, significantly slow down my computer, show porn to my little brother while he's using the computer for educational purposes ( i dont have a lil bro, just an example), Send my information to who knows were, force me to have to reformat my HDD and lose all my hard work? Seriously WHY ON EARTH WOULD I WANT TO TAKE THIS ****?
I'm seriously getting VERY VERY upset with them and i hope it doesn't go to the point where people start taking this in their own hands. Quite frankly i dont know how the hell do these people think out of their asses and install this **** everywhere? This stuff is worse than a virus or a trojan. A virus infects you, does its damage but it can be fixed. coolwebsearch is just plain offensive. I'm sure a lawyer would like to get a piece of this. If the Government wont do anything about this, then i would at least ask them about the location of the owners of coolwebsearch and then let us take care of it.
My 2cent
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<shameless plug> Half the spyware problems would be solved if people didn't use Internet Exploder. Use Mozilla FireBird instead.</shameless plug> If you have to use IE, change the Download ActiveX Object setting to ask and update the damn thing.
Cheers,
cgkanchi
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jenjen I wrote to them both I got a nice personal response from the FBI, and they suggested I go to the IFCC ( http://www.ifccfbi.gov ) who would forward the information to "the appropriate investigative agency"
I filled out a Secret Service form 4017 as well, because I think that there are peripheral homeland security issues? like how would the government like their computers getting the new coolwebsearch crap? As Cybr1d questioned the government inactivity? Maybe they will do something when they realise that they are in the firing line. :(
Don't worry about the Feds, they know who I am, where I live, my phone number, passport number, social security number and all that. So do MI6 and Scotland Yard Special Branch....I wouldn't have got full MoD, DoD and NATO security clearance without positive vetting............anyways, your post was positively security orientated :) I was more concerned about the coolwebsearch scum, but I would say that they have gone way too far with this one?
Cheers
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winblows strikes again doesnt seem to bother my LINUX box,you know what they say talk to the hand cause linux aint listening!!!
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reaper44,
I think that this is more of an Internet Explorer issue than an operating system one. These guys are a commercial organisation and will only bother to target the most common browser? I think cgkanchi has a good point.
Cheers
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ahhh.. so you did email both, nihil. It's interesting that the FBI gave you a timely response.
I realized how paranoid I sounded in that other post.. mostly it was due to reading about that kid who got raided.. I'm not so worried today.. in fact, they'll never find me.. I've got my new cloaking device stolen from the romulans installed.. :D
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OH CRAP, they gave you one too? Stupid Romulans..... LOL. Can someone please post calmly what the exact effects of the new coolwebsearch are? I.E. What does it do to the user's PC and also the illegal aspects of it.
cheers,
