Victims of Smitfraud adoginhispen Abebot Skitodayplease & others

[DelJo63]

Victim survey

I'm trying to determine some common traits that lead to these infections and loss of your time.
It would be very helpful if you would report the items below which are true about your system and its usage.

I have been a victim of: ____(name of infection if known)___

My original thread on Techspot is (past your URL here)

I am a  dial-up user [ ]  adsl user [ ] cable modem user [ ]
My system is connected to a router [ ]  directly to the modem [ ]
I am running a firewall yes [ ] no [ ]  if yes, which one ____
I have a firewall but can't configure it so I don't use it yes [ ] no [ ]
I am running an anti-virus product yes [ ] no [ ] if yes, which one ___
My AV product also scans my email yes [ ] no [ ]
I use the Microsoft Auto Update to keep my system current yes [ ] no [ ]
I run Microsoft Update manually yes [ ] no [ ]
My email is accessed using my browser yes [ ] no [ ]
I also use a pop3 email client yes [ ] no [ ]
I use some form of P2P file sharing, eg Limewire, Torrent yes [ ] no [ ]
I play online games with friends yes [ ] no [ ]
I play online poker yes [ ] no [ ]
I view adult material yes [ ] no [ ]

Use the QUOTE button to acquire the questionaire and then fill-in the information. (hint: remove the quote tags)
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So far (4/9/2008) I've collected only two replies -- statistically insignificant for analysis

 

[kritius]

Bloody good idea J.o. Would be nice to see the eventual results.

 

[eafshar]

I have been a victim of: _abebot_popups_(name of infection if known)___

My original thread on Techspot is (topic102540.html)

I am a dial-up user [no] adsl user [no ] cable modem user [yes ]
My system is connected to a router [mostly] directly to the modem [sometimes]
I am running a firewall yes [x] no [ ] if yes, which one norton 360
I have a firewall but can't configure it so I don't use it yes [ ] no [x ]
I am running an anti-virus product yes [x ] no [ ] if yes, which one norton 360
My AV product also scans my email yes [ ] no [x ]
I use the Microsoft Auto Update to keep my system current yes [x ] no [ ]
I run Microsoft Update manually yes [ ] no [x ]
My email is accessed using my browser yes [ ] no [ x]
I also use a pop3 email client yes [ ] no [x ]
I use some form of P2P file sharing, eg Limewire, Torrent yes [x ] no [ ]
I play online games with friends yes [x ] no [ ]
I play online poker yes [x ] no [ ]
I view adult material yes [x ] no [ ]

personally im pretty sure its the adult material that got me abebot popups. i use a private tracker for my torrent downloads so im pretty sure im safe there.


i use windows live mail. i dont use my browser to get to hotmail. and i dont think hotmail is pop3.

 

[ryan_gt-s]

I have been a victim of: Abebot Popups

My original thread on Techspot is https://www.techspot.com/vb/topic102140.html

I am a dial-up user [ ] adsl user [ ] cable modem user [ X ]
My system is connected to a router [ X ] directly to the modem [ ]
I am running a firewall yes [ X ] no [ ] if yes, which one Windows Firewall
I have a firewall but can't configure it so I don't use it yes [ ] no [ X ]
I am running an anti-virus product yes[ X ] no [ ] if yes, which one AVG Free Edition
My AV product also scans my email yes [ X ] no [ ]
I use the Microsoft Auto Update to keep my system current yes [ X ] no [ ]
I run Microsoft Update manually yes [ X ] no [ ]
My email is accessed using my browser yes [ X ] no [ ]
I also use a pop3 email client yes [ ] no [ X ]
I use some form of P2P file sharing, eg Limewire, Torrent yes [ X ] no [ ]
I play online games with friends yes [ ] no [ X ]
I play online poker yes [ X ] no [ ]
I view adult material yes [ X ] no [ ]

 

[Blind Dragon]

great idea Jo

@Ryan you have since changed from windows firewall right? Also we never cleaned up/ finished checking your logs/made final suggestions for you

 

[cristawool]

I have been a victim of: ___skitodayplease & doginhispen___

My original thread on Techspot is (past your URL here)

I am a dial-up user [ ] adsl user [X ] cable modem user [ ]
My system is connected to a router [X ] directly to the modem [ ]
I am running a firewall yes [ X] no [ ] if yes, which one _Comodo___
I have a firewall but can't configure it so I don't use it yes [ ] no [X ]
I am running an anti-virus product yes [ X] no [ ] if yes, which one _AVG__
My AV product also scans my email yes [ ] no [ ] Not sure
I use the Microsoft Auto Update to keep my system current yes [ X] no [ ]
I run Microsoft Update manually yes [X ] no [ ]
My email is accessed using my browser yes [ ] no [ ] Not sure
I also use a pop3 email client yes [ ] no [X ]
I use some form of P2P file sharing, eg Limewire, Torrent yes [X ] no [ ]
I play online games with friends yes [ ] no [ X]
I play online poker yes [ ] no [ X]
I view adult material yes [ ] no [X ]

 

[stellaj76]

survey

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[MommyMidnight]

I have been a victim of: doginhispen, skitodayplease

My original thread on Techspot is https://www.techspot.com/vb/topic99688.html

I am a dial-up user [ ] adsl user [ ] cable modem user [x]
My system is connected to a router [x] directly to the modem [ ]
I am running a firewall yes [x] no [ ] if yes, which one ____microsoft
I have a firewall but can't configure it so I don't use it yes [ ] no [x]
I am running an anti-virus product yes [x] no [ ] if yes, which one ___mcafee
My AV product also scans my email yes [ ] no [x]
I use the Microsoft Auto Update to keep my system current yes [x] no [ ]
I run Microsoft Update manually yes [ ] no [x]
My email is accessed using my browser yes [ ] no [ ] yes and no - different email, one is accessed through outlook and others through my browser
I also use a pop3 email client yes [x] no [ ]
I use some form of P2P file sharing, eg Limewire, Torrent yes [ ] no [x]
I play online games with friends yes [x] no [ ]
I play online poker yes [ ] no [x]
I view adult material yes [ ] no [x]

 

[wannabee]

I have been a victim of: abebot popups, system fail, trojan horse viruses

My original thread on Techspot is (past your URL here) https://www.techspot.com/vb/topic102377.html

I am a dial-up user [ ] adsl user [ ] cable modem user [x ]
My system is connected to a router [ ] directly to the modem [ x]
I am running a firewall yes [x ] no [ ] if yes, which one mcafee
I have a firewall but can't configure it so I don't use it yes [ ] no [ x]
I am running an anti-virus product yes [ x] no [ ] if yes, which one mcafee
My AV product also scans my email yes [ ] no [ x]
I use the Microsoft Auto Update to keep my system current yes [ ] no [x ]
I run Microsoft Update manually yes [ ] no [ x]
My email is accessed using my browser yes [ x] no [ ]
I also use a pop3 email client yes [ ] no [ x]
I use some form of P2P file sharing, eg Limewire, Torrent yes [x ] no [ ]
I play online games with friends yes [ ] no [x ]
I play online poker yes [ x] no [ ]
I view adult material yes [x ] no [ ]