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 Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 9:43 am Post subject: Looks like Spyware Stormer is owned by Casale Media |
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Looks like Spyware Stormer is owned by Casale Media
Not only does the whois for sites with the same IP as Spywarestormer.com show their registered to Casale Media but the Online popup ad foisting company even run semi scare ads that open to Spyware Stormer so users can make sure their not infected.
Screen Shots and write up here:
http://www.webhelper4u.com/scams/spywarestromer.html
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| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 3:15 am Post subject: |
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That's because they advertise about scanning the computer on all sites they own.
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| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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I know Casalemedia loves to leave tracking cookies...  So I guess I wouldn't trust them. |
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| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 3:00 pm Post subject: Casale not only leaves cookies but performs IP abuse |
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| I know Casalemedia loves to leave tracking cookies... So I guess I wouldn't trust them. |
Oh they do a lot more than just leave cookies. I've been filing regular IP abuse complaints with Casale's network for the last 10 days. Examining my firewall log, I saw that my IP address is being enundated with hundreds of packet attacks to my IP address from Casale all on different originating and destination ports. I only visit one site that they openly advertise on (www.hsx.com) , and I have contacted them. Casale has yet to reply. Their network says that they passed my complaint on to Casale. Today, I sent a letter to the Canadian embassy asking the Canadian Cyber Crimes division to investigate. Maybe something will get Casale's attention.
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partytildawn - keep us posted if you get any reply or not. I'm intersted in this.
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| Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 12:35 pm Post subject: So, what can u do if you have this program? |
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| I have it installed, paid like $29.95, now I find out its suspect...what should I do from here? Is there any danger to my system from this thing? Thanks. |
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joseph58 - you might want to look at the notes about Spyware Stormer on the rogue/suspect anti-spyware programs page:
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm
The notes say:
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| aggressive advertising (1, 2, 3, 4); variant of NoSpyX & SpyVest (1); Ad-aware knockoff [A: 6-26-04 / U: 7-20-04] |
The numerals there are links to references. The two that are very similar, NoSpyX and SpyVest say
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| false positives work as goad to purchase. |
The problem is when it flags things that are false positives and you subsequently remove those items, there could be damage to your computer if you are removing legitimate files.
Whether or not you keep it is up to you, but I personally would not recommend it, especially when there are two reliable, proven free spyware removers, Ad-aware and Spybot Search & Destroy.
See here for more info about trustworthy spyware removers:
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm#trustworthy
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thx webhelper!!
