Post by 1972vet on Aug 9, 2005 10:29:36 GMT -5
The link below is to a late breaking internet security
story regarding spyware. The Senior most spyware researcher
for Sunbelt, maker of counter spy antispyware accidentally
stumbled upon this massive I.D. theft ring and
their connection with CWS. It seems there is a State side
server unwittingly collecting personal information from
infected computers. Problem is, this spyware is as of yet an
unknown "quantity" that is downloaded unknowingly and in
connection with CWS, and uploads it's looted information from
your computer to this server to the extent that there is a
staggering amount of personal information including chat sessions, I.D. log in names, passwords, social security numbers, bank and pin numbers...you name it it's there. Anyone who knows the I.P.
address of the server can view the information in it's data
base and theoretically empty your bank account if yours is one
that's on there.
Anyone on the internet without a third party software
firewall WILL one day become a victim.
P.S. The windows xp built in firewall is NOT a third
party software firewall. It will prevent connections
from the web but it does NOTHING at all about prohibiting
your computer from sending information out to the web.
www2.spywareinfo.com/2005/08/08/569
The above link is the latest as of last night, 8/8/05.
Here are a couple more that I collected, if you want
to follow the story:
news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5823591.html?tag=nl.e589
www2.spywareinfo.com/2005/08/06/546
Be careful out there.