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Misnomer Jones

3 is the magic number

Join date: 27 Jan 2003

Posts: 1,800

01-09-2004 14:32

I was on this web page and also signed into SL itself and I got a java popup from "Groopz". Before I even saw what it was, I killed it. I guess I should have read it but I HATE spam so I didnt.

Has anyone else had this happen? Was it a fluke from someone else or is this a SL website thing or ?? what ??

I searched google and it seems to be a customer service tool for websites.

Any other insight anyone?

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Kex Godel

Master Slacker

Join date: 14 Nov 2003

Posts: 869

01-09-2004 15:19

Download Ad-Aware. You've probably been infected with spyware.

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

Misnomer Jones

3 is the magic number

Join date: 27 Jan 2003

Posts: 1,800

01-09-2004 15:29

I guess I shouldve mentioned, I run norton and pest patrol. I scanned clean.

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Loki Pico

Registered User

Join date: 20 Jun 2003

Posts: 1,938

01-09-2004 16:16

You frequently get unwanted files just by surfing the net. Some are worse than others. The best file cleaner I have found is, Spybot Search and Destroy. It finds many files and suspect registry settings tha Ad-Aware over looks.

You can get info about it and download it here: http://www.safer-networking.org/

Oh, and btw, I have not seen any popup on the SL website.

Jellin Pico

Grumpy Oldbie

Join date: 3 Aug 2003

Posts: 1,037

01-09-2004 16:31

I'm paranoid when it comes to the web. I'm behind both a hardware and software firewall, and I use Pest Patrol, AdAware, Spybot AND The Cleaner and well as Norton.

Yeah, I go overboard, but I got a virus once --- never again!.

Why use all those to do scans? I've run tests, scanning with them one after the other, just to see, and there's always some things that each of them will miss that the others will catch. Like rock-paper-scissors.

My HD is squeeky clean.

Ama Omega

Lost Wanderer

Join date: 11 Dec 2002

Posts: 1,770

01-09-2004 16:41

From: someone

My HD is squeeky clean.

And your CPU spends 5 cycles for every 1 cycle deciding if that 1 cycle was ok.

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Garoad Kuroda

Prophet of Muppetry

Join date: 5 Sep 2003

Posts: 2,989

01-10-2004 02:00

Whoa Jellin...

But I think you still have a security hole. Is the computer passworded? If not, someone *could* (theoretically) turn it on, and *could* (theoretically) screw things up by installing stuff manually, and *could* (theoretically) write their own trojan that nobody knows about and install that, and *could* even (theoretically) uninstall/alter your protections....and....

(Sorry, teasing the paranoid is fun

)

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BTW

WTF is C3PO supposed to be USEFUL for anyway, besides whining? Stupid piece of scrap metal would be more useful recycled as a toaster. But even that would suck, because who would want to listen to a whining wussy toaster? Is he gold plated? If that's the case he should just be melted down into gold ingots. Help the economy some, and stop being so damn useless you stupid bucket of bolts! R2 is 1,000 times more useful than your tin man ass, and he's shaped like a salt and pepper shaker FFS!

Siobhan Taylor

Nemesis

Join date: 13 Aug 2003

Posts: 5,476

01-10-2004 04:53

From: someone

Originally posted by Garoad Kuroda
Whoa Jellin...

But I think you still have a security hole. Is the computer passworded?

Heheh, mine is... lol

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http://siobhantaylor.wordpress.com/

Maxx Monde

Registered User

Join date: 14 Nov 2003

Posts: 1,848

01-10-2004 05:41

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Marsbow Twilight

Junior Member

Join date: 6 Jan 2004

Posts: 4

01-10-2004 08:03

Try turning off your Microsoft Messenger (not MSIM). If someone knows your IP address (not hard to get) they can send you a pop-up IM message. It's a very low-tech hacker wannabe thing. It's also a good and fun way to annoy your co-workers when they are giving a Power Point presentation to the boss. From the DOS shell you can just type netsend <IPADDRESS> <message> to do this. Spammers have found this and just brute force cycle through IP address numbers and send popups. May they suffer a cruel death!!!

Here's how to turn it off:
1. control panel
2. Administrative Tools
3. click on Services
4. Withing Services locate "Messenger" and hit properties
5. From properties "Stop" the service and disable "Startup Type."
*This will have no impact on other messengers like AIM, MSIM, etc... it has nothing to do with them

I hope this helps.

Mars

Marsbow Twilight

Junior Member

Join date: 6 Jan 2004

Posts: 4

01-10-2004 08:28

Try turning off your Microsoft Messenger (not MSIM). If someone knows your IP address (not hard to get) they can send you a pop-up IM message. It's a very low-tech hacker wannabe thing. It's also a good and fun way to annoy your co-workers when they are giving a Power Point presentation to the boss. From the DOS shell you can just type netsend <IPADDRESS> <message> to do this. Spammers have found this and just brute force cycle through IP address numbers and send popups. May they suffer a cruel death!!!

Here's how to turn it off:
1. control panel
2. Administrative Tools
3. click on Services
4. Withing Services locate "Messenger" and hit properties
5. From properties "Stop" the service and disable "Startup Type."
*This will have no impact on other messengers like AIM, MSIM, etc... it has nothing to do with them

I hope this helps.

Mars

Misnomer Jones

3 is the magic number

Join date: 27 Jan 2003

Posts: 1,800

01-10-2004 09:21

I check my system regularly and usually dont have these types of issues. This Messinger one is a new one on me though. I just did it, thanks.

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Marsbow Twilight

Junior Member

Join date: 6 Jan 2004

Posts: 4

01-10-2004 09:31

Yeah the Messenger is only useful for practical jokes and spamming. It's been around for a long time and recently the spammers have been going crazy with it. If you have a great firewall, AV, and Spyware scanner that's a wonderful thing, but they are not going to stop the Messenger service. I received a few annoying pops a few months ago before shutting them down and haven't heard from them since.

Mars

Dusty Rhodes

sick up and fed

Join date: 3 Aug 2003

Posts: 147

01-10-2004 10:59

The next release of XP is supposed to have Messenger service turned off by default, which should help. It's original purpose was to allow Windows boxes on a network to receive popup messages from system administrators for things such as impending network shutdowns. However, like so many good things, it is being exploited by the less scrupulous. Most pop-up stoppers, etc. do not affect it since it was designed to be for things like **important** messages from net admins.

Devlin Gallant

Thought Police

Join date: 18 Jun 2003

Posts: 5,948

01-10-2004 14:21

No one has answered her question yet: 'What the heck is Groopz?'.

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Pete Fats

Geek

Join date: 18 Apr 2003

Posts: 648

01-10-2004 14:58

Groopz is a live customer service via website app. So you can realtime chat with support. Read more at www.groopz.com

Jellin Pico

Grumpy Oldbie

Join date: 3 Aug 2003

Posts: 1,037

01-10-2004 21:03

From: someone

Originally posted by Ama Omega
And your CPU spends 5 cycles for every 1 cycle deciding if that 1 cycle was ok.

LOL nonono they aren't running constanly, only use them for monthly cleaning.

I'm not quite that crazy

Carnildo Greenacre

Flight Engineer

Join date: 15 Nov 2003

Posts: 1,044

01-10-2004 23:57

From: someone

Originally posted by Jellin Pico
I'm paranoid when it comes to the web. I'm behind both a hardware and software firewall, and I use Pest Patrol, AdAware, Spybot AND The Cleaner and well as Norton.

Yeah, I go overboard, but I got a virus once --- never again!.

Why use all those to do scans? I've run tests, scanning with them one after the other, just to see, and there's always some things that each of them will miss that the others will catch. Like rock-paper-scissors.

My HD is squeeky clean.

I've got a simpler solution: I use Linux.

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perl -le '$_ = 1; (1 x $_) !~ /^(11+)\1+$/ && print while $_++;'

Garoad Kuroda

Prophet of Muppetry

Join date: 5 Sep 2003

Posts: 2,989

01-11-2004 07:59

From: someone

Originally posted by Siobhan Taylor
Heheh, mine is... lol

Mine is passworded too. hehehe

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BTW

WTF is C3PO supposed to be USEFUL for anyway, besides whining? Stupid piece of scrap metal would be more useful recycled as a toaster. But even that would suck, because who would want to listen to a whining wussy toaster? Is he gold plated? If that's the case he should just be melted down into gold ingots. Help the economy some, and stop being so damn useless you stupid bucket of bolts! R2 is 1,000 times more useful than your tin man ass, and he's shaped like a salt and pepper shaker FFS!

What the heck is Groopz?
Misnomer Jones 3 is the magic number Join date: 27 Jan 2003 Posts: 1,800	01-09-2004 14:32 I was on this web page and also signed into SL itself and I got a java popup from "Groopz". Before I even saw what it was, I killed it. I guess I should have read it but I HATE spam so I didnt. Has anyone else had this happen? Was it a fluke from someone else or is this a SL website thing or ?? what ?? I searched google and it seems to be a customer service tool for websites. Any other insight anyone? _____________________
Kex Godel Master Slacker Join date: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 869	01-09-2004 15:19 Download Ad-Aware. You've probably been infected with spyware. http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
Misnomer Jones 3 is the magic number Join date: 27 Jan 2003 Posts: 1,800	01-09-2004 15:29 I guess I shouldve mentioned, I run norton and pest patrol. I scanned clean. _____________________
Loki Pico Registered User Join date: 20 Jun 2003 Posts: 1,938	01-09-2004 16:16 You frequently get unwanted files just by surfing the net. Some are worse than others. The best file cleaner I have found is, Spybot Search and Destroy. It finds many files and suspect registry settings tha Ad-Aware over looks. You can get info about it and download it here: http://www.safer-networking.org/ Oh, and btw, I have not seen any popup on the SL website.
Jellin Pico Grumpy Oldbie Join date: 3 Aug 2003 Posts: 1,037	01-09-2004 16:31 I'm paranoid when it comes to the web. I'm behind both a hardware and software firewall, and I use Pest Patrol, AdAware, Spybot AND The Cleaner and well as Norton. Yeah, I go overboard, but I got a virus once --- never again!. Why use all those to do scans? I've run tests, scanning with them one after the other, just to see, and there's always some things that each of them will miss that the others will catch. Like rock-paper-scissors. My HD is squeeky clean.
Ama Omega Lost Wanderer Join date: 11 Dec 2002 Posts: 1,770	01-09-2004 16:41 From: someone My HD is squeeky clean. And your CPU spends 5 cycles for every 1 cycle deciding if that 1 cycle was ok. _____________________ -- 010000010110110101100001001000000100111101101101011001010110011101100001 --
Garoad Kuroda Prophet of Muppetry Join date: 5 Sep 2003 Posts: 2,989	01-10-2004 02:00 Whoa Jellin... But I think you still have a security hole. Is the computer passworded? If not, someone could (theoretically) turn it on, and could (theoretically) screw things up by installing stuff manually, and could (theoretically) write their own trojan that nobody knows about and install that, and could even (theoretically) uninstall/alter your protections....and.... (Sorry, teasing the paranoid is fun ) _____________________ BTW WTF is C3PO supposed to be USEFUL for anyway, besides whining? Stupid piece of scrap metal would be more useful recycled as a toaster. But even that would suck, because who would want to listen to a whining wussy toaster? Is he gold plated? If that's the case he should just be melted down into gold ingots. Help the economy some, and stop being so damn useless you stupid bucket of bolts! R2 is 1,000 times more useful than your tin man ass, and he's shaped like a salt and pepper shaker FFS!
Siobhan Taylor Nemesis Join date: 13 Aug 2003 Posts: 5,476	01-10-2004 04:53 From: someone Originally posted by Garoad Kuroda Whoa Jellin... But I think you still have a security hole. Is the computer passworded? Heheh, mine is... lol _____________________ http://siobhantaylor.wordpress.com/
Maxx Monde Registered User Join date: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 1,848	01-10-2004 05:41 deleted
Marsbow Twilight Junior Member Join date: 6 Jan 2004 Posts: 4	01-10-2004 08:03 Try turning off your Microsoft Messenger (not MSIM). If someone knows your IP address (not hard to get) they can send you a pop-up IM message. It's a very low-tech hacker wannabe thing. It's also a good and fun way to annoy your co-workers when they are giving a Power Point presentation to the boss. From the DOS shell you can just type netsend <IPADDRESS> <message> to do this. Spammers have found this and just brute force cycle through IP address numbers and send popups. May they suffer a cruel death!!! Here's how to turn it off: 1. control panel 2. Administrative Tools 3. click on Services 4. Withing Services locate "Messenger" and hit properties 5. From properties "Stop" the service and disable "Startup Type." *This will have no impact on other messengers like AIM, MSIM, etc... it has nothing to do with them I hope this helps. Mars
Marsbow Twilight Junior Member Join date: 6 Jan 2004 Posts: 4	01-10-2004 08:28 Try turning off your Microsoft Messenger (not MSIM). If someone knows your IP address (not hard to get) they can send you a pop-up IM message. It's a very low-tech hacker wannabe thing. It's also a good and fun way to annoy your co-workers when they are giving a Power Point presentation to the boss. From the DOS shell you can just type netsend <IPADDRESS> <message> to do this. Spammers have found this and just brute force cycle through IP address numbers and send popups. May they suffer a cruel death!!! Here's how to turn it off: 1. control panel 2. Administrative Tools 3. click on Services 4. Withing Services locate "Messenger" and hit properties 5. From properties "Stop" the service and disable "Startup Type." *This will have no impact on other messengers like AIM, MSIM, etc... it has nothing to do with them I hope this helps. Mars
Misnomer Jones 3 is the magic number Join date: 27 Jan 2003 Posts: 1,800	01-10-2004 09:21 I check my system regularly and usually dont have these types of issues. This Messinger one is a new one on me though. I just did it, thanks. _____________________
Marsbow Twilight Junior Member Join date: 6 Jan 2004 Posts: 4	01-10-2004 09:31 Yeah the Messenger is only useful for practical jokes and spamming. It's been around for a long time and recently the spammers have been going crazy with it. If you have a great firewall, AV, and Spyware scanner that's a wonderful thing, but they are not going to stop the Messenger service. I received a few annoying pops a few months ago before shutting them down and haven't heard from them since. Mars
Dusty Rhodes sick up and fed Join date: 3 Aug 2003 Posts: 147	01-10-2004 10:59 The next release of XP is supposed to have Messenger service turned off by default, which should help. It's original purpose was to allow Windows boxes on a network to receive popup messages from system administrators for things such as impending network shutdowns. However, like so many good things, it is being exploited by the less scrupulous. Most pop-up stoppers, etc. do not affect it since it was designed to be for things like important messages from net admins.
Devlin Gallant Thought Police Join date: 18 Jun 2003 Posts: 5,948	01-10-2004 14:21 No one has answered her question yet: 'What the heck is Groopz?'. _____________________ I LIKE children, I've just never been able to finish a whole one.
Pete Fats Geek Join date: 18 Apr 2003 Posts: 648	01-10-2004 14:58 Groopz is a live customer service via website app. So you can realtime chat with support. Read more at www.groopz.com
Jellin Pico Grumpy Oldbie Join date: 3 Aug 2003 Posts: 1,037	01-10-2004 21:03 From: someone Originally posted by Ama Omega And your CPU spends 5 cycles for every 1 cycle deciding if that 1 cycle was ok. LOL nonono they aren't running constanly, only use them for monthly cleaning. I'm not quite that crazy
Carnildo Greenacre Flight Engineer Join date: 15 Nov 2003 Posts: 1,044	01-10-2004 23:57 From: someone Originally posted by Jellin Pico I'm paranoid when it comes to the web. I'm behind both a hardware and software firewall, and I use Pest Patrol, AdAware, Spybot AND The Cleaner and well as Norton. Yeah, I go overboard, but I got a virus once --- never again!. Why use all those to do scans? I've run tests, scanning with them one after the other, just to see, and there's always some things that each of them will miss that the others will catch. Like rock-paper-scissors. My HD is squeeky clean. I've got a simpler solution: I use Linux. _____________________ perl -le '$_ = 1; (1 x $_) !~ /^(11+)\1+$/ && print while $_++;'
Garoad Kuroda Prophet of Muppetry Join date: 5 Sep 2003 Posts: 2,989	01-11-2004 07:59 From: someone Originally posted by Siobhan Taylor Heheh, mine is... lol Mine is passworded too. hehehe _____________________ BTW WTF is C3PO supposed to be USEFUL for anyway, besides whining? Stupid piece of scrap metal would be more useful recycled as a toaster. But even that would suck, because who would want to listen to a whining wussy toaster? Is he gold plated? If that's the case he should just be melted down into gold ingots. Help the economy some, and stop being so damn useless you stupid bucket of bolts! R2 is 1,000 times more useful than your tin man ass, and he's shaped like a salt and pepper shaker FFS!

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