Comments on: Notifying spamming profiles http://spamhuntress.com/2007/03/15/notifying-spamming-profiles/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:08:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Neil Schwartzman http://spamhuntress.com/2007/03/15/notifying-spamming-profiles/#comment-149364 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:00:33 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2007/03/15/notifying-spamming-profiles/#comment-149364 The scam is a simple one - phish Myspace users. Find some with a lot of friends. Plop some spyware up, everyone who visits gets infected. Weee! The scam is a simple one - phish Myspace users. Find some with a lot of friends. Plop some spyware up, everyone who visits gets infected. Weee!

]]> by: admin http://spamhuntress.com/2007/03/15/notifying-spamming-profiles/#comment-149347 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:02:00 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2007/03/15/notifying-spamming-profiles/#comment-149347 There are different reasons for the problems these people are having. Some have installed ProfileWatcher, some have signed up for a tracker, and some have gotten a fake e-mail. I haven't tested the ProfileWatcher software, but from what I saw on Vitalsecurity, it looks as though it doesn't spy on your system realtime. Looks as though it produces popups for you to log in. If that's how it works, then changing your password might be enough. One of the people I e-mailed said they'd deleted his page. It DOES look rather bare at the moment. There are different reasons for the problems these people are having. Some have installed ProfileWatcher, some have signed up for a tracker, and some have gotten a fake e-mail.

I haven’t tested the ProfileWatcher software, but from what I saw on Vitalsecurity, it looks as though it doesn’t spy on your system realtime. Looks as though it produces popups for you to log in. If that’s how it works, then changing your password might be enough.

One of the people I e-mailed said they’d deleted his page. It DOES look rather bare at the moment.

]]> by: Joe http://spamhuntress.com/2007/03/15/notifying-spamming-profiles/#comment-149005 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 03:56:39 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2007/03/15/notifying-spamming-profiles/#comment-149005 If this is like the problem Flickr was having recently the stolen passwords were due to spyware on the victim's computer. So changing their password before they clean their system won't do any good. If this is like the problem Flickr was having recently the stolen passwords were due to spyware on the victim’s computer. So changing their password before they clean their system won’t do any good.

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