gawguy Posted July 16, 2003 Report Share Posted July 16, 2003 There is a question here, but bear with me a second. Last night I clicked on some adult site link and something shocking and new to me happened. The site planted something in my computer that shut down the dialup ISP that I use, installed a new connection, and dialed it !!!! Where the F!! did it dial to? I am wondering ... did I incur long distance charges? (I'm not asking you that - I'm just saying!) Also my home page was changed to a porno site and I had porno sites stuck into my favorites list. Here's the question - Will a firewall program stop this 100%? I am already running Pop Up Cop on it's middle setting. That is the worst thing by far I have ever seen a website do. It's like a virus going off, with the attacker doing it openly! It is illegal, isn't it? GG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soongmak Posted July 16, 2003 Report Share Posted July 16, 2003 There are lots of sites that try to get you to install some spyware or dialers on your computer. the usual way to do this is to flood you with pop-up screens and hope that you click on the "OK"button for installing the software. Is this maybe what happened to you? I am not sure whether a firewall can prevent the dialer from connecting. if it is a script that they use to make a regular windows connection, I do not see a firewall stopping it. Just be really careful before you decide to install software you don't know. Also check your computer for spyware with an excellent program like Spybot S&D. It's freeware. Do you by any chance have the url of that website? It may still be stuck in your history. I would like to check it out myself. Cheers, soongmak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adikgede Posted July 16, 2003 Report Share Posted July 16, 2003 Try to turn off Java when browsing smut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted July 17, 2003 Report Share Posted July 17, 2003 Hi, "It is illegal, isn't it?" Maybe not. If, like Soongmaak suggested, you clicked on an OK button than you gave it permission to do this. I also doubt that a firewall would stop this, unless they use a different program to connect than the standard dial-up software, which is unlikely. And yes, I totally agree that this is VERY obtrusive and fucked up. Stuff like this seriously pisses me off. (One of the reasons why you will never get pop-ups / pop-unders on this site, I hate those things!) Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted July 17, 2003 Report Share Posted July 17, 2003 gawguy, As the others have mentioned, it probably isnt illegal, but its damned underhanded. I get so mad when ANYTHING like this happens to me, porn site or no. The one that gets my goat is the small page which tries to fool the unwary into thinking they have started a DOS-style install on their PC, similar to some of the anti-virus stuff that corporations shcedule to update periodically. Its the same crowd who tell you, breathlessly, that your PC is broadcasting an IP address. Heavens, next they'll tell me that I have a network card, and that aliens are controlling my thought patterns through it and making me post in Net forums. Death to the spam kings, and long live KS and good hosts like him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gawguy Posted July 17, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2003 These responses, while appreciated, are not happy-making to me. You mean that we are "virtually" helpless in the face of this shit!? Someone can not just hijack my computer, but hijack my telephone line and dial an unknown number anywhere on the f...ing planet!! Basically they walk into my house right in front of me, pick up my phone and call up their business location and hand me the phone. "It's for you." Motherf...kers!!! And this act creates a public record that I have dialed up a porn site. I can't tell you what a violation that feels like. BTW I did not knowingly click on anything that permitted downloads or installations. I always check No or whatever to prevent such things. I'm running PopUpCop too, which stops some things in progress and asks me if I want to proceed or if I trust such and such. No, I don't want and I don't trust. What the hell is supposed to stop these people from giving themselves permission, legal or not? Since they're already running my computer, why don't they just click off all the permission boxes, too? It's not like they have any scruples or anything and the arm of the FBI doesn't reach to where a lot of them live. Of course we can't "trust" the makers of the Barely Legal Youngest Teens site to have any scruples whatsoever, not to mention the purveyors of other sites where the Teens are less than Barely Legal. Point is, we need to be electronically protected from these cyber thugs. (Shit!! They just did it again! As I was previewing this post a porno site just started up, uninvited!! I have installed Spybot an hour ago but I haven't cleared things out yet...I just finished the first scan. Maybe that will get rid of this invader?) Says adikgede: Try to turn off Java when browsing smut How do I do this? I see checkboxes for Java console enabled Java logging enabled by default these check boxes are empty, but these don't seem like they would turn Java on and off? I've looked through Help for win2000 and ie - Java is hardly mentioned. Okay... Thanks for listening and thanks for the suggestions. GG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted July 17, 2003 Report Share Posted July 17, 2003 Hi, "BTW I did not knowingly click on anything that permitted downloads or installations." That makes things quite a bit more interesting. No clue how the hell they did this, but can imagine you being pissed off. Unfortunately I have no ideas on how to stop it, other than those already mentioned. BTW, I have some crap like this on IE (which I hardly use so it does not bother me that much; still want to get rid of it though) which set the homepage to www. whazit .com. Changing it doesn't help, deleting it from the registry doesn't help. I assume there is a program ran at startup which resets this, but have not been able to work it out yet. And yes, I too think this is a severe violation of privacy. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
check_bin_krap Posted July 17, 2003 Report Share Posted July 17, 2003 KS, maybe you should remove that link... There is always a chance that people will get the same problem as you if they try to click on it... Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted July 17, 2003 Report Share Posted July 17, 2003 Hi, Good point. Was not aware that the board software automatically changes URLs into links. I know that I did not enter it as a link. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 17, 2003 Report Share Posted July 17, 2003 Most probably a dialer installed on your pc and it can happen that some bigger telephone bill will receive next time. May be, trying to contact the telco-company helps? However, as SOONGMAK already mentioned. one tool to get rid of most of the spyware is "Spybot - Search & Destroy" (freeware) (http://security.kolla.de/). I had a similar problem and it helped for me. To make sure you have the latest list of spyware included, do an update (under "online - update") before using it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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