Sunday, March 28, 2010

gcn.ro not safe?


http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=gcn.ro

Threats found: 2
Here is a complete list:

Threat Name: Trojan Horse
Location: http://auth.gcn.ro/files/Download/nod32.rar



Threat Name: Hacktool
Location: http://auth.gcn.ro/files/Download/cr-wr370.zip



Trojan Horse and Hacktool on a server in Romania?

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eBay Craigslist Merger?

Not quite.
Its just another fake domain created by scammers to send fake emails to intended victims.
www.payments-ebay-craigslist.net

More spoof sites listed here:
http://netscammers.blogspot.com/2010/04/spoof-sites.html

Here are the other domains I posted on www.aa419.org yesterday.

www.vpp-e-bay-transaction.com

www.cgi20ebay-motors.com

www.chekout-ebay-escrow.com

www.invoice-ebay-autos-motors.com

www.paiements-ebay-be.com

www.safely-buy-ebaymotors.com

www.safely-pay-ebaymotors.com

www.vpp-ebay-safetydept.com

www.vpp-ebayinc.com

www.vpp-vehicle-purchase-protection-vpp-ebay-motors.com

www.checkout-motors-invoice.com

www.motorsvpp-customer-financialcenter.com

www.purchase-motors-vpp.com

www.cgi-secure-payments-department.com

www.auto-payment-ebvpp.com

www.checkout-vpp.com

www.online-vpp-payment-department.com

www.vehicle-protection-program-vpp.com

www.vpp-online-departament.com


How are these domains allowed?

This wouldn't happen for example on Main Street or the local shopping mall.
If I opened a store and someone else decided to open a store next to me using the same name I'd sue them in court.
I would want to protect my company's name.

There is actually no legitimate reason why these domains are allowed to be registered and hosted.
They are obvious spoof domains created by scammers for the sole purpose of defauding inexperienced internet users.
I don't think its a freedom of speech issue.

See the amount of similar spoof domains myself and others have posted:
http://forum.aa419.org/viewforum.php?f=20&start=0

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