Ok, fellows, so, what are we going to do about it? Do we have any organised plans for responding to this reptile? First and foremost, we need to get hold of his/her IP address(s). Then any plan of action should be reasonably straightforward to implement.
John At 20:27 18/03/2006, you wrote: >Hi John, > >You are correct. No idea whether or not the attacker(s) are blind or >sighted, but it probably doesn't matter at this point. > >Darrell Shandrow - Shandrow Communications! >Technology consultant/instructor, network/systems administrator! >A+, CSSA, Network+! >Visit http://www.petitiononline.com/captcha and sign the Google Word >Verification Accessibility Petition today! >Information should be accessible to us without need of translation by >another person. >Blind Access Journal blog and podcast: http://www.blindaccessjournal.com >----- Original Message ----- >From: "john G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 4:13 AM >Subject: Re: Beware: AudioMagic, public domain sound editor software... > > > > So, folks, let me get this right, these are individuals, perhaps some > > blind themselves, deliberately targetting blind computer users with > > virus programs, correct? > > At 10:22 18/03/2006, you wrote: > >> I was extremely suspicious when I saw the file size so I didn't > >> download > >>it and was about to send a message warning people. As usual, Daryl was > >>already on top of it. > >>That definitely wasn't Robert. > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "Chris Skarstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > >>Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 3:39 AM > >>Subject: Re: Beware: AudioMagic, public domain sound editor software... > >> > >> > >>Hi Darrel > >>Unless we're talking aout the same person, make it 2 people. I got a > >>phone call from a close friend of mine who also ran this and received > >>a boot sector virus. > >>Folks, be careful with this one, it sounds dangerous. > >> > >>At 11:24 PM 3/17/2006, you wrote: > >> >Hello everyone, > >> > > >> >I would urge you all to be very careful when downloading and > >> >installing new software, especially if claims are being made that > >> >might sound too good to be true. At the same time, I don't want to > >> >be the guy who wrongly trashes someone's reputation. I'll just lay > >> >out the facts and everyone will decide for themselves: > >> > > >> >* Fantastic claims of a new accessible sound editor may be too good > >> >to be true. > >> >* The e-mail address is "jokerdog" on the fastmail.fm domain. > >> >* The domain name is roachhost.com. > >> >* The software has already been reported to have crashed one > >> >person's computer! > >> > > >> >In late November of last year, I accepted a person's claim that he > >> >had found a way to defeat Google's visual verification to make it > >> >accessible to blind users. I downloaded and ran an executable file > >> >that promptly trashed not only my computer, but also all the data on > >> >a backup drive connected to another computer on our network here in > >> >the Accessibility Command Center! Watch out my friends! > >> > > >> >Darrell Shandrow - Shandrow Communications! > >> >Technology consultant/instructor, network/systems administrator! > >> >A+, CSSA, Network+! > >> >Visit http://www.petitiononline.com/captcha and sign the Google Word > >> >Verification Accessibility Petition today! > >> >Information should be accessible to us without need of translation > >> >by another person. > >> >Blind Access Journal blog and podcast: http://www.blindaccessjournal.com > >> >_______________________________________________ > >> >PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > >> >http://www.pc-audio.org > >> > > >> >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > >> >This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. 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