Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 19:40:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: Rich Wiggins <wiggins@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [IP] Spy ... by sending an e-Greeting (NOT egreetings.com)
To: Dave Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: bobr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Dave,
You may want to clarify that Bob is using the term "e-Greeting" as
a generic, referring to one (or more) unsavory vendors engaging in
the spyware scheme he describes. He is not (one presumes) referring
to a popular site in the business, egreetings.com. I've used them
numerous times to send greetings, and there's no evidence that they
engage in these practices, so far as I know.
/rich
>>Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 23:45:40 -0700
>>From: bobr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: Spy on Anyone by sending them an e-Greeting Card.
>>X-Originating-IP: 68.3.251.41
>>To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>>Dave
>>
>>Aren't "they" getting cute!
>>
>>You receive an e-Greeting card. You open it. Wasn't that nice of
>>them to send
>>you an e-Greeting. They must *really* love you.
>>
>>And, oh, by the way, when you open the e-Greeting, it installs
spyware...even
>>includes a keystroke logger. Isn't that thoughtful?
>>
>>As the Desk Sargeant on Hill Street Blues used to say, and probably
still does
>>in syndication, "Be careful out there".
>>
>>Bob
>>
>>*********
>>
>>http://gokgle.us/index.php
>>
>>The idea is simple:
>>
>>Through our service, you compose and send your lover a
>>normal-looking "Greeting
>>Card" saying "I Love you" or a similar message. Because the e-mail
appears to
>>be a regular greeting card, the recipient will open the e-card and LoverSpy
>>will be automatically and silently installed!
>>
>>The program begins monitoring them IMMEDIATELY, there is no delay. It
records
>>and sends you all e-mails they view, including Hotmail, Yahoo, and Outlook
>>emails.
>>
>>All the Passwords they type into their web browser are also recorded
and sent
>>to you. Every single Chat conversation they have on the internet. In fact,
>>every Key stroke they type into the computer is recorded and sent to
you in an
>>organized report. Every single web site they visit, whether using
>>AOL, Internet
>>Explorer, or Netscape.
>>
>>EXACT copies of every Hotmail e-mail viewed, Yahoo, Excite, AOL, and even
>>Outlook emails. All these e-mails are Forwarded to you in the
background, in
>>real-time! After they read their email, you will have a copy of it -
seconds
>>later.
>>
>>LoverSpy will even extract all the Passwords stored in the computer being
>>monitored, such as passwords for Outlook email accounts, and passwords
saved
>>inside Internet Explorer, and send these to the spy.
>>
>>
>>
>>--
>>
>>Bob Rosenberg
>>
>>"Be kind to those on earth, and He who is in heaven will send you His
>>blessings." - Prophet Mohammed
>>
>>Helping Build the Tech Oasis - http://www.techoasis.org
>>
>>"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" - "Who watches the watchmen?"
>> Juvenal, Satires, vi. 347
>>
>>\\\"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed
>>us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their
>>use.\\\"
>>- Galileo Galilei
>>
>>********************************************
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