I'm having tabs to advertising open up on me without clicking on links. I also just had a tab open to a "vista antivirus 2008".

Mad Cow

re: #1 The Other Les

I'm having tabs to advertising open up on me without clicking on links. I also just had a tab open to a "vista antivirus 2008".

Are you in England?

Somebody is frakking up.

re: #3 VegasRick

Are you in England?

Minnesota.

re: #5 The Other Les

Minnesota.

Then your # 4 is spot on.

From the way the industry responded, this is going to be very big and very ugly.

What I cannot understand is why people set out to do this. For evil kicks and grins? For money?

re: #8 MandyManners

What I cannot understand is why people set out to do this. For evil kicks and grins? For money?

Some people just suck.

I'm running another virus scan and I've already removed a tracking cookie even before the scan is completed.

Have the details of the vulnerability been released, yet?

re: #9 VegasRick

Some people just suck.

But, WHY DO THEY DO IT?

re: #9 VegasRick

Some people just suck.

Cyber Beavis and Butthead.

re: #12 MandyManners

But, WHY DO THEY DO IT?

Edgar Allen Poe called it "The imp of the perverse."

re: #12 MandyManners

But, WHY DO THEY DO IT?

Perhaps its a psychological need to be in control of something.

OT:

Obama is down to 1 point in the Rasmussen survey.

When McCain pulls ahead, the Clinton whisper campaign will re-emerge, and Obama's hole will get deeper.

re: #12 MandyManners

But, WHY DO THEY DO IT?

It generates hits for their sites which they can turn around and show as traffic flow and get ad companies to give them money, since they are "high traffic" sites.

The Imp of the Perverse

re: #8 MandyManners

What I cannot understand is why people set out to do this. For evil kicks and grins? For money?

Power.

I came to the realization that many people enjoy hurting others simply because they can and that they get a power rush from it.

They have very small souls.

re: #8 MandyManners

What I cannot understand is why people set out to do this. For evil kicks and grins? For money?

Ask the commie and his friends.

re: #11 Beobachter

Have the details of the vulnerability been released, yet?

Supposedly not for another few weeks, but if its known to be out there, you can bet everyone is looking for it

re: #18 Tigger2005

The Imp of the Perverse

OMG--I LOVE that story! I especially love the section on procrastination. I show that to my students every year.

re: #16 karmic_inquisitor

OT:

Obama is down to 1 point in the Rasmussen survey.

When McCain pulls ahead, the Clinton whisper campaign will re-emerge, and Obama's hole will get deeper.

Obama is the Anti-Lincoln.

Lincoln freed slaves at the ultimate cost of his own life.

Obama is trying to weigh free people down with the chains of Marxism, Gaianism, and possibly even Islam.

I reckon I've yet to understand the depth of depravity in some people's souls.

re: #19 goddessoftheclassroom

Power.

I came to the realization that many people enjoy hurting others simply because they can and that they get a power rush from it.

They have very small souls.

Power is Life to some people.

Thanks for the tech update, Charles. I haven't been hit by this for LGF, but I have seen it when visiting a couple of other sites. I figured it was some kind of attack, but didn't know what.

Thank You Charles. So far, the only site that is getting redirected is yours, have been to quite a few today, and it has not happened to any other (yet).

Will have to go off in a mo and try to get my head around what this means lol.....
Is there anything that I can physically do at my end to prevent this happening?
Soz, a bit thick when it comes to all this hacking stuff.

Thanks

re: #21 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Supposedly not for another few weeks, but if its known to be out there, you can bet everyone is looking for it

Kragar, that is exactly why I asked. Thanks for the reply.

Let's hope the people in the know can keep a secret.

Yesterday when logging in or out of LGF two pop ups claiming my PC was running slow due to a virus, said to click on message to check for virus. First time that happened.

re: #16 karmic_inquisitor

OT:

Obama is down to 1 point in the Rasmussen survey.

When McCain pulls ahead, the Clinton whisper campaign will re-emerge, and Obama's hole will get deeper.

DENVER!

I was getting the message & pop-up(for vista AV) at American Thinker's site, it appeared to load when opening a link to the ad's - unfortunately I couldn't determine which link initiated the script before the problem was apparently corrected.

re: #30 Syrah

DENVER!

Recreate '68!

(Recreate '69 for the Rocky Horror fans.)

"For Poe, the imp of the perverse was not merely a "tendency" but an nearly irresistible driving force to do the worst possible thing." (from Wikipedia)

The whole world seem to be under the thrall if the Imp these days...even the most well-meaning. Witness the Pope expressing concern about climate change. Just as it's revealed that the problem we need to be worrying about may be global COOLING, not global warming (not to mention a crashing Chinese economy due to pollution), the Pope weighs in and lends more legitimacy to global warming. (I'm not singling out the Pope for special censure here, just giving an example.)

I had an acquaintance once who would deliberately pull his car in front of faster cars and slow down and intentionally block them from passing, even when he wanted to go faster. He seemed genuinely amazed when I said something about his idiotic behavior.

re: #8 MandyManners

What I cannot understand is why people set out to do this. For evil kicks and grins? For money?

I can't speak to this particular hack, but lots of the more sophisticated viruses are being designed by what amounts to professional software development teams run by organized crime.

There is money to be made this way via identity, credit card, or outright theft.

re: #16 karmic_inquisitor

OT:

Obama is down to 1 point in the Rasmussen survey.

When McCain pulls ahead, the Clinton whisper campaign will re-emerge, and Obama's hole will get deeper.

great news. i heard this story on the radio this morning.
his bad words and deeds are too much to ignore now.

re: #34 David IV of Georgia

I had an acquaintance once who would deliberately pull his car in front of faster cars and slow down and intentionally block them from passing, even when he wanted to go faster. He seemed genuinely amazed when I said something about his idiotic behavior.

People like that give justification for the re-introduction of public lashings in the town square.

re: #28 Beobachter

Kragar, that is exactly why I asked. Thanks for the reply.

Let's hope the people in the know can keep a secret.

Apparently the big boys, Apple, MS, Linux, Cisco etc discovered it recently and had called each other in, since they wanted to develop their patches in concert. They didn't want one group making a patch and screwing all the other companies, since they are all dependent on each other for security in the long run.

Its the various little hacker groups which are digging in and looking for it now.

Sen Charles Herbert Hoover Schumer, member of the Senate Banking Committee, dangerously exacerbated the current economic slide by releasing inside information last month that called into question the solvency of IndyMac bank of Los Angeles. His remarks caused an on old-fashioned, Depression era style run on the bank by passbook holders over the last few weeks. And that has caused the bank to fall into federal receivership. And now that has precipitated an earthquake at the underpinning of all banks. Just like the Great Depression.

Get out your paranoia meds because I think the Democrats are trying to wreck the economy to help their election chances for November. After all, isn't wrecking the economy the net effort of their refusal to drill for oil? This Schumer affair is perfectly consistent in its effect with their refusal to drill for oil. It is a second front on the assault on the economy right before the election.

Hot Air covers it here:
[Link: hotair.com...]

In a written statement, the Office of Thrift Supervision, which regulated IndyMac, said “the immediate cause” of the failure was statements made by Sen. Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat. Mr. Schumer in late June publicly raised concerns about the bank’s solvency.

The BBC notes about IndyMac "It is the second-largest financial institution to fail in US history, regulators say."

[Link: news.bbc.co.uk...]

The cover-up.

Hello! The Los Angles Times, wherein resides the headquarters of IndyMac, DOES NOT COVER THE STORY of Schumer's involement in its news pages. They put it here, as an opinion column, in a subsection, of their blogs section.

[Link: latimesblogs.latimes.com...]

WashPost runs it as a Reuters wire piece, sans Schumer:

[Link: www.washingtonpost.com...]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. banking regulators swooped in to seize mortgage lender IndyMac Bancorp Inc (IMB.N) on Friday after withdrawals by panicked depositors led to the third-largest banking failure in U.S. history. California-based IndyMac, which specialized in a type of mortgage that often required minimal documents from borrowers, became the fifth U.S. bank to fail this year as a housing bust and credit crunch strain financial institutions.

Of course, neither WashPost or Reuters will tell you the "immediate cause" of the third largest banking failure in US history. The fact that they leave out the cause adds weight to the notion that they're shielding Schumer and the Dems.

Does The New York Times mention Schumer in their story? You bet. Click your way to page two and Schumer gets mentioned -- AS A GOOD GUY! He is the calming soothing voice stilling the roiling foams of panic by forcing the Executive Branch to do the right thing:

[Link: www.nytimes.com...]

“In these volatile markets, share price is not the most reliable measure for judging Fannie and Freddie and will not dictate the responses by the
regulators,” said Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, who has held discussions all week with senior administration officials. “Rather, the regulators are closely watching the performance of the companies’ bonds, and how their yields compare to U.S. Treasuries. Right now, Freddie and Fannie bonds are trading closer to Treasuries than they were in March after the Bear Stearns collapse, a reassuring signal.”

re: #32 The Other Les

Recreate '68!

(Recreate '69 for the Rocky Horror fans.)

It's astounding, time is fleeting
Madness takes its toll
But listen closely, not for very much longer
I've got to keep control

I remember doing the TIme Warp
Drinking those moments when
The blackness would hit me and the void would be calling
Let's do the time warp again...
Let's do the time warp again!

re: #34 David IV of Georgia

I had an acquaintance once who would deliberately pull his car in front of faster cars and slow down and intentionally block them from passing, even when he wanted to go faster. He seemed genuinely amazed when I said something about his idiotic behavior.

People like that have to control something in their lives and getting a negative reaction seems to be fine.

re: #24 MandyManners

I reckon I've yet to understand the depth of depravity in some people's souls.

you may never understand it. just be aware that it exists.

re: #36 nyc redneck

great news. i heard this story on the radio this morning.
his bad words and deeds are too much to ignore now.

Polls at this point are essentially meaningless.

Its still an eternity before the election.

re: #34 David IV of Georgia

I had an acquaintance once who would deliberately pull his car in front of faster cars and slow down and intentionally block them from passing, even when he wanted to go faster. He seemed genuinely amazed when I said something about his idiotic behavior.

Once I was trying to pass somebody. They actually sped up, got in front of me, and hit their brakes. This happened about three times. The third time, I was forced onto the shoulder.

I just had another attack by a fake scan web page.

Some background:

Security Community Cooperates To Fix 'DNS Poisoning'

In an unusual move that reflects the seriousness of the security flaw, news of the vulnerability was delayed for months to allow software vendors like Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), Cisco (NSDQ: CSCO), and Sun -- more than 80 are affected -- to release coordinated fixes.

As part of its monthly patch schedule, Microsoft on Tuesday fixed the DNS flaw in Windows with patch MS08-037, "Vulnerabilities in DNS Could Allow Spoofing."

Amol Sarwate, manager of vulnerability labs at Qualys, considers the vulnerability to be significant. "I wouldn't characterize it as an end of the world scenario but it is a very important vulnerability," he said.

While details about the vulnerability and how to exploit it have been deliberately withheld, Sarwate said that the issue appears to be that the transaction ID generated in a DNS request -- querying a DNS server to link an IP address with an Internet domain name -- is insufficiently random to avoid being guessed by a knowledgeable attacker.

re: #45 The Other Les

I just had another attack by a fake scan web page.

The attacks are not coming from or being caused by LGF, and there's nothing I can do about it, unfortunately.

re: #43 looking closely

Polls at this point are essentially meaningless.

Its still an eternity before the election.

But it is only a short time to Denver.

Politics is not a rational exercise, particularly when it comes to the vying for power.

If the polling numbers between Obama and McCain are within the margin of error come Denver, all hell could bust loose.

re: #47 Charles

The attacks are not coming from or being caused by LGF, and there's nothing I can do about it, unfortunately.

My firewall is working.

note to advertisers, unwanted block out ads will not encourage me to buy your product. btw, google is placing many of these on hosting sites it controls, such as blogs

It's Jihadists' fault in UK

re: #50 pat

google is turning out to be an evil company

More on Schumer and the banking crisis.

From that NY Times article today IndyMac gets mentioned but once in that story. And they mention it as an aside, a mere detail:

Shares of Freddie Mac closed at $7.75, down more than 45 percent for the week. Fannie Mae settled at $10.25, a 30 percent slide for the week. And a fresh sign of industry problems emerged on Friday when the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation seized IndyMac Bank, making it the largest bank to fail since the 1990s.

The company, an offshoot of Countrywide Financial and once one of the nation’s largest independent mortgage lenders, was a major issuer of subprime loans.

Countrywide, huh? Countrywide. That's the ATM machine for Christopher Dodd who heads the Senate banking committee and is responsible for all this sh$t. The banking committee is responsible for this, and Schumer, who is on the banking and finance committees, are finessing it into a worldwide financial crisis.

Dodd and Obama are big recipients of Couyntrywide money. Especially Obama who "has collected more money from Countrywide Financial in the last four years than any other member of Congress, according to this blog:

[Link: noquarterusa.net...]

The Guardian seems to have a clue, sort of. Tthey can say whatever they want about this because they're not in America.

[Link: www.guardian.co.uk...]

Conventional thinking is that a sagging economy in a presidential election year favors a candidate running against the party in control of the White House.

Example: A savings and loan crisis in 1990 contributed to a picture of an economy on the ropes, and incumbent President George H.W. Bush lost his 1992 re-election bid to Democrat Bill Clinton.

"In the broader picture, anything that is bad news for the economy is bad news for McCain, and this is bad news," said William Galston, a former Clinton White House domestic policy aide.

We know Charles. Everyone should use a good up to date virus scan and install the patches like I did this morning.
Now if I can just get all the servers patched before tomorrow I will be OK.

I have noticed it here and at Instapundit.
Physical location is Sweden.
Are you sure nobody has managed to insert a mal ad in the pajamas media ads?

If malware was placed on a computer to take a screen shot, would the screen turn black for a second while being taken?

re: #43 looking closely

Polls at this point are essentially meaningless.

Its still an eternity before the election.

i'll take the good news now.

re: #56 EmeraldLakeEyes

If malware was placed on a computer to take a screen shot, would the screen turn black for a second while being taken?

no

Charles, I've been getting this same fake virus site problem all day yesterday myself -- and it ONLY happens when I'm on the LGF main page.

Hasn't happened this morning yet, but I just logged on, so who knows.

Who do I contact about this to solve the problem? My ISP? My ISP is a major national corporation you've all heard of, so I'm quite sure they're already aware of the problem.

A mystery.

speaking of virus protection, the inventor of window Washer is still missing on Oahu. He went crazy and ran away.

re: #58 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Thank You. Now I will need to figure out what is going on.

Oh, and obviously -- I'm in northern California, not Britain.

I just had a tab to a porn site open up on me.

Everyone should use OpenDNS. It's free, has tons of value-added features, and is immune to this attack.

re: #46 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Does anyone know if there is a nslookup command to see if the DNS server one uses has the patch applied, or not. If so, one could change the primary DNS server settings.

re: #1 The Other Les

I'm having tabs to advertising open up on me without clicking on links. I also just had a tab open to a "vista antivirus 2008".

That's what I get, but a new window, not a new tab (I have tabbing turned off).

re: #63 The Other Les

I just had a tab to a porn site open up on me.

Must have hit bookmarks by mistake/

re: #56 EmeraldLakeEyes

No - unless if was defective malware of some sort. Sounds more like a hardware error or in its simplest form a bad cable or loose connection. Check the connections. Replace the cable if it is a desktop.

re: #56 EmeraldLakeEyes

If malware was placed on a computer to take a screen shot, would the screen turn black for a second while being taken?

If you are hearing a "pop" or "twang" noise coming from your monitor when it goes black like that, its time to go out and get your self a new monitor.

The LCD and Plasma monitors are very nice. Also, they are easier on the eyes then are the CRT monitors.

re: #67 pat

Must have hit bookmarks by mistake/

I don't go to porn sites.

re: #48 Syrah

But it is only a short time to Denver.

Politics is not a rational exercise, particularly when it comes to the vying for power.

If the polling numbers between Obama and McCain are within the margin of error come Denver, all hell could bust loose.

They will be too busy swooning at the stadium.

I can only hope there is a huge thunderstorm at the time LOL

re: #45 The Other Les

I just had another attack by a fake scan web page.

Run a virus scan on your computer. You may have a process (on your side) that is working in concert with these other name servers which may be infected.

It can't hurt.

Walter in Golden, Co.

re: #68 lindamarie

Thanks, will do. Hope this ends it.

re: #55 Ursus Maritimus

I have noticed it here and at Instapundit.
Physical location is Sweden.
Are you sure nobody has managed to insert a mal ad in the pajamas media ads?

PJ Media is meticulous about only using reputable ad servers, so it's very unlikely that a PJ ad is causing it.

It's much more likely that unpatched DNS servers are the cause. This is a huge problem, worldwide, and I suspect quite a few ISPs have been caught unprepared.

re: #62 zombie

Oh, and obviously -- I'm in northern California, not Britain.

And I always thought "th' guy" was in Britain!

/teasing

re: #47 Charles

We do have a tendency to look to you for computer help. Thanks for the heads up.

re: #63 The Other Les
Gross - at least I think so. Use a malware program. These can be nasty little buggers to get rid of.

re: #24 MandyManners

I reckon I've yet to understand the depth of depravity in some people's souls.

They do it to trick people to click on their fake "virus checking" site, and when you do, they install malware on your computer, and then you are used as a "zombie machine" (yes, really) to send out spam to their mailing lists all days -- without you even knowing it. Enough people fall for the ruse, and millions of spams are sent by unwitting accomplices. Then, all it takes is one idiot out of a million spam recipients to get conned out of money, and it makes the whole scheme worthwhile for the spammers.

Greetings Lizards, I have once again successfuly subdued my lawn.
The battle was joined & I attacked with my self-propelled, gas fed, lawn weapon.
Let's just say I took no prisoners. Yup, feeling pretty smug about now.

re: #52 winston06

Big surprise, there.

re: #72 Walter L. Newton

Run a virus scan on your computer. You may have a process (on your side) that is working in concert with these other name servers which may be infected.

It can't hurt.

Walter in Golden, Co.

Already running a scan now.

These attacks will continue until folks return to work on Monday. Time to leave the bunker for the weekend and see what's out there.

re: #65 Beobachter

There is not a way to do that. You can change the DNS server if you hard code it. You cannot see the software patches on the server you use.

re: #47 Charles

The attacks are not coming from or being caused by LGF, and there's nothing I can do about it, unfortunately.

Why then does it only happen when we're at the LGF URL?

Minnesota, California, Britain -- we can't all have the same ISP.

re: #36 nyc redneck

great news. i heard this story on the radio this morning.
his bad words and deeds are too much to ignore now.

I heard commentators on NPR talking about BHO's "hubris" yesterday. They mentioned his not taking public campaign funds and his presidential seal. Yes, on NPR.

Can anyone help?
I am running Windows XP and all week there have been 4 Windows updates automatically applying to my PC upon shut down. Afterwards, I cannot connect to the internet until I restore my system to before these updates.

If you have not done so, I reccomend all Windows users use your system restore utility and set a back up point if you still feel your system is good. If you get hit later, you can go back to your restore point and get rid of a lot of nasty stuff.

I know from experience. DAMN YOU PORN!

re: #71 Typicalwhitey

They will be too busy swooning at the stadium.

I can only hope there is a huge thunderstorm at the time LOL

Can we all chip in & hire some shaman or something to do some rain ritual?

re: #55 Ursus Maritimus

I have noticed it here and at Instapundit.
Physical location is Sweden.
Are you sure nobody has managed to insert a mal ad in the pajamas media ads?

BINGO! I bet that's it.

The good folks at MS sent me a new DNS in the latest update this week. Thanks Bill.

re: #83 lindamarie

Thanks for the reply. I am using a couple of different DNS servers to get my DNS. So I guess I'll just have to trust that they applied the patch.

re: #86 Taqyia2Me

Can anyone help?
I am running Windows XP and all week there have been 4 Windows updates automatically applying to my PC upon shut down. Afterwards, I cannot connect to the internet until I restore my system to before these updates.

I don't know for sure, but i have heard that there might be some kind of conflict with Zone Alarm.

Are you running Zone Alarm?

re: #85 MandyManners

I heard commentators on NPR talking about BHO's "hubris" yesterday. They mentioned his not taking public campaign funds and his presidential seal. Yes, on NPR.

the elephant in the room is so big now.
lol

re: #92 Syrah

I don't know for sure, but i have heard that there might be some kind of conflict with Zone Alarm.

Are you running Zone Alarm?

Yes, I use ZoneAlarm.

re: #89 zombie

BINGO! I bet that's it.

No, I don't think so.

I am not having any of these problems at LGF. My ISP, Time Warner Cable, patched their DNS servers last week. (That was probably the cause of the outages I posted about.)

Maybe there was a virus in the Iran missile pics:-)

re: #53 Luigi

Some more background info on Schumer: July 2,2008
[Link: latimesblogs.latimes.com...]

Sen. Charles E. Schumer publicly taunted bank regulators last week about IndyMac Bancorp's financial condition, which helped trigger a sudden outflow of deposits from the Pasadena thrift. Now the New York Democrat is getting some harsh blowback from one current and one former regulator.

Their message, distilled: Zip it, Chuck.

im not getting it, im up in canada running Vista

re: #94 Taqyia2Me

Yes, I use ZoneAlarm.

Google Windows update and Zone Alarm.

I think Sharmuta had a similar problem as well.

re: #99 Syrah

Thank you very much!

re: #79 opnion

Greetings Lizards, I have once again successfuly subdued my lawn.
The battle was joined & I attacked with my self-propelled, gas fed, lawn weapon.
Let's just say I took no prisoners. Yup, feeling pretty smug about now.

Got my front lawn mowed yesterday morning. I use my pushmower for that, for the exercise. But the backyard is just too big, I use my riding mower for that. I usually will mow the front lawn 2 or 3 times before I mow the back yard also...I don't really care what the backyard looks like. But I can't let it get so long that my rat terrier gets lost in it and starves to death.

Today it's raining, and a cool 67 degrees. I haven't turned my AC on all summer. Wherezat global warming?

re: #95 Charles

No, I don't think so.

I am not having any of these problems at LGF. My ISP, Time Warner Cable, patched their DNS servers last week. (That was probably the cause of the outages I posted about.)

I'm not getting any problems either down. Could be regional issues.

re: #63 The Other Les

Porngasm - I'm sorry to read that.

re: #74 Charles

PJ Media is meticulous about only using reputable ad servers, so it's very unlikely that a PJ ad is causing it.

It's much more likely that unpatched DNS servers are the cause. This is a huge problem, worldwide, and I suspect quite a few ISPs have been caught unprepared.

Well, PJM media recently had a horrible ad that spewed out sound unbidden -- a really invasive kind of ad, which I've never encountered elsewhere. Haven't seen it recently, but...hmmmmm....

Who controls these unpatched DNS servers? My ISP is one of the major "backbone of the Internet" companies, so they definitely know what's going on.

re: #102 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

None in Kabul either ..... so far.

You are not going to believe this.

I am looking outside my window and 2 lizards are having sex in the driveway.

re: #106 faraway

You are not going to believe this.

I am looking outside my window and 2 lizards are having sex in the driveway.

I SWEAR I'm not one of them...

re: #97 seekeroftruth

Some more background info on Schumer: July 2,2008
[Link: latimesblogs.latimes.com...]

Yes, that was the inciting event that set up the Depression style run on the bank.

re: #101 Tigger2005

Got my front lawn mowed yesterday morning. I use my pushmower for that, for the exercise. But the backyard is just too big, I use my riding mower for that. I usually will mow the front lawn 2 or 3 times before I mow the back yard also...I don't really care what the backyard looks like. But I can't let it get so long that my rat terrier gets lost in it and starves to death.

Today it's raining, and a cool 67 degrees. I haven't turned my AC on all summer. Wherezat global warming?

Yeah the thing about the lawn is , you are doing it again in a week.
Did ya notice that Al Gore got pretty quiet after the 30 year record cold & snow winter?

re: #106 faraway

You are not going to believe this.

I am looking outside my window and 2 lizards are having sex in the driveway.

Yes, and we wish you'd stop looking. It's very impolite!

re: #84 zombie

Why then does it only happen when we're at the LGF URL?

Minnesota, California, Britain -- we can't all have the same ISP.

I have come to LGF and have had an AD, displaying on LGF, try to keep contacting a URL, over and over.

The URL address display at the bottom of my screen keeps showing an address, very quickly, and my speaker "clicks" indicating that a "pop up" was trying to come in.

But I have my pop up blocker on. But this won't stop until I refresh the LGH page. I suspect that's because I then get a different ad in the ad rotation.

Charles, it does/has happened here at LGF. And I know it's not some malware or something on my side, because I am clean.

This also happened a number of time at Drudge on Thursday.

Mircosoft pushed the updates to me on Wed. and McAfee push a whole new version of it's suite to me on Friday.

Something is getting between LGF and some of us.

Walter in Golden, Co.

re: #107 goddessoftheclassroom

I SWEAR I'm not one of them...

WOW! That was FAST!

re: #106 faraway

You are not going to believe this.

I am looking outside my window and 2 lizards are having sex in the driveway.

Where's Mandy?

re: #106 faraway

You are not going to believe this.

I am looking outside my window and 2 lizards are having sex in the driveway.

What names do they post under?

re: #106 faraway

voyeur!

re: #104 zombie

Well, PJM media recently had a horrible ad that spewed out sound unbidden -- a really invasive kind of ad, which I've never encountered elsewhere. Haven't seen it recently, but...hmmmmm....

Who controls these unpatched DNS servers? My ISP is one of the major "backbone of the Internet" companies, so they definitely know what's going on.

That ad was pulled as soon as they were made aware of it.

No one person controls the DNS servers ...

re: #27 Jaydee

I left you a couple replys on the Open thread. The software-traffic.com linky you posted was re-direcing to another site, scanner-vav.com which is apparently a malware site pretending to be an on-line AV scanner, according to some review comments at McAfee Site Advisor.

re: #112 pre-Boomer Marine brat

WOW! That was FAST!

I've got to stay on top of things...

re: #94 Taqyia2Me
The same thing happened to me the other morning. I had to uninstall my Zone Alarm :(.

From what I have read, recently, their version 7.0.483.000 might work with the new patch.

re: #106 faraway

You are not going to believe this.

I am looking outside my window and 2 lizards are having sex in the driveway.

Why is everybody looking at me?

re: #78 zombie

They do it to trick people to click on their fake "virus checking" site, and when you do, they install malware on your computer, and then you are used as a "zombie machine" (yes, really) to send out spam to their mailing lists all days -- without you even knowing it. Enough people fall for the ruse, and millions of spams are sent by unwitting accomplices. Then, all it takes is one idiot out of a million spam recipients to get conned out of money, and it makes the whole scheme worthwhile for the spammers.

If you get sent to a website that you did not want to go to:

Don't click on any button regardless of what they say. A button that says "Close Window" can just as easily download a virus as one that says "Download Free Trial".

If possible quickly break your internet connection before doing anything else. Unplug your DSL/cable/modem from your computer. Turn off your wireless card or router.

Once you are isolated from the internet, their silly program is rather helpless. Now close windows, restart your browser, etc. Sometimes their programs and pop-up windows will try to open new pages, but with no connection to the internet, they can't. They may give error messages telling you to restore your internet connection. Ignore them. If you know how, it would be good to check for any recent downloads. If any look fishy, you might want to delete or isolate them.

re: #95 Charles

No, I don't think so.

I am not having any of these problems at LGF. My ISP, Time Warner Cable, patched their DNS servers last week. (That was probably the cause of the outages I posted about.)

Charles, I think it coming from PM's ad rotation. See my #111 above.

Walter in Golden Co.

re: #118 goddessoftheclassroom

I've got to stay on top of things...

In other words, ... you have a repudiation to protect?

Wow. That was fast. They are done. Less than 2 minutes.

re: #111 Walter L. Newton

I have come to LGF and have had an AD, displaying on LGF, try to keep contacting a URL, over and over.

The URL address display at the bottom of my screen keeps showing an address, very quickly, and my speaker "clicks" indicating that a "pop up" was trying to come in.

But I have my pop up blocker on. But this won't stop until I refresh the LGH page. I suspect that's because I then get a different ad in the ad rotation.

Charles, it does/has happened here at LGF. And I know it's not some malware or something on my side, because I am clean.

This also happened a number of time at Drudge on Thursday.

Mircosoft pushed the updates to me on Wed. and McAfee push a whole new version of it's suite to me on Friday.

Something is getting between LGF and some of us.

Walter in Golden, Co.

The point is that DNS servers are everywhere. Ads use DNS servers too, and the routes they use to get to them will vary on every HTTP request.

I'm seeing the same ads everyone else is seeing, and I have not had a single problem.

re: #123 pre-Boomer Marine brat

In other words, ... you have a repudiation to protect?

It's hard to stay on top of this pedestal...

re: #108 Luigi

I sure hope we see some serious ramifications aimed at Schumer for his actions.

re: #124 faraway

Wow. That was fast. They are done. Less than 2 minutes.

I assume they had laptops with wireless.

re: #124 faraway

Wow. That was fast. They are done. Less than 2 minutes.

Are they relaxing with cigarettes now?

re: #126 goddessoftheclassroom

It's hard to stay on top of this pedestal...

Breath deeply ... (for both of us)

re: #113 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

*whack*

re: #130 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Breath deeply ... (for both of us)

[Link: icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com...]

re: #131 MandyManners

*whack*

LOL! :)

re: #129 Tigger2005

Actually, the male is trying more lines on her now. She is having none of it though.

P.S. If there were a problem with the PJ ads, I would definitely have seen it. I refresh the LGF page probably more than most of you.

Various Companies and organizations around the world create and control there own DNS servers, which operate in a mesh connecting each other to update their databases. Depending on where you connect to and from, the path you take for name resolution can pass thru several DNS servers. If one server is vulnerable and is providing bad information to the other servers, they could be providing bad data, even after they are patched.

re: #131 MandyManners

*whack*

ROFLMAO

re: #124 faraway

Wow. That was fast. They are done. Less than 2 minutes.

Why, most men last 150% longer than that!

re: #124 faraway

Wow. That was fast. They are done. Less than 2 minutes.

And 20 new lizards are created. Now they just have to learn how to type and use a computer.

re: #131 MandyManners

*whack*

OOOOH! Do it again!

re: #111 Walter L. Newton

I have come to LGF and have had an AD, displaying on LGF, try to keep contacting a URL, over and over.

The URL address display at the bottom of my screen keeps showing an address, very quickly, and my speaker "clicks" indicating that a "pop up" was trying to come in.

But I have my pop up blocker on. But this won't stop until I refresh the LGH page. I suspect that's because I then get a different ad in the ad rotation.

Charles, it does/has happened here at LGF. And I know it's not some malware or something on my side, because I am clean.

This also happened a number of time at Drudge on Thursday.

Mircosoft pushed the updates to me on Wed. and McAfee push a whole new version of it's suite to me on Friday.

Something is getting between LGF and some of us.

Walter in Golden, Co.

Yes, that it what happens. I hear the "click" or "pop" too.

I jiust realized that up until two days ago I had my "block all pop-up windows" setting turned on as normal, but two days ago I turned it off because a specific (trusted) site required it to be off, and then I forgot to turn it back on. Only when I allowed pop-up windows did the problem happen. I just turned pop-up windows OFF again, and I bet I'll never encounter the problem anymore.

Aren't pop-up windows enacted by Javascript or something like that? I'm in over my head here.

re: #125 Charles

The point is that DNS servers are everywhere. Ads use DNS servers too, and the routes they use to get to them will vary on every HTTP request.

I'm seeing the same ads everyone else is seeing, and I have not had a single problem.

Charles, this was AFTER I had the complete LGF page, downloaded on my side. Not before, or during the download.

I don't see how the name server could still be trying to push something my, AFfTER the request was complete, unless one of the ads, now on my machine, had some code in there that was still trying to contact something.

Just my observations.

Walter in Golden, Co.

re: #134 faraway

Actually, the male is trying more lines on her now. She is having none of it though.

"You know, the Geico gecko and I hang out sometimes...I can get you an invite to one of his parties."

re: #139 lindamarie

And 20 new lizards are created. Now they just have to learn how to type and use a computer.

Better open registration fast.

re: #140 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

OOOOH! Do it again!

No 'cause you like it.

re: #106 faraway

You are not going to believe this.

I am looking outside my window and 2 lizards are having sex in the driveway.

And the party's not for two weeks, either!

re: #132 goddessoftheclassroom

[Link: icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com.. .]

*clicks link to CurrencyConvertor, trying to find exchange rate, determined to out-bid*

Lizards make better lovers.

re: #135 Charles

P.S. If there were a problem with the PJ ads, I would definitely have seen it. I refresh the LGF page probably more than most of you.

The only other thing I can think of is that the ad had some code in it that was working in conjunction with some malware on my workstation.

But I'm clean, and have been always. I use a crapload of protection on my side.

Walter in Golden, Co.

One of the funniest things I've ever seen was at the San Diego Zoo. Must have been something in the food, but the Galapagos and desert tortoises were all going at it like crazy. Try explaining that to a three and four year old.

re: #140 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

OOOOH! Do it again!

This is getting kinky

re: #147 pre-Boomer Marine brat

*clicks link to CurrencyConvertor, trying to find exchange rate, determined to out-bid*

*Giggling out loud...*

re: #142 Walter L. Newton

Charles, this was AFTER I had the complete LGF page, downloaded on my side. Not before, or during the download.

I don't see how the name server could still be trying to push something my, AFfTER the request was complete, unless one of the ads, now on my machine, had some code in there that was still trying to contact something.

Just my observations.

Walter in Golden, Co.

If your computer has been infected, there is no telling how it will show up. You can't assume anything from that timing.

re: #94 Taqyia2Me

Yes, I use ZoneAlarm.

Clear your pre-fetch file, and then change your Window's update settings from "automatic" to one of the others... I keep mine set to "download updates, but ask me before installing".

Update settings are on the control panel, under automatic updates.

This doesn't seem to be affecting me at all.

I did run an an old program (Ambrosia's EV Nova) today that for some reason caused my desktop menu bar to disappear.

I ended up using "sudo shutdown -r now" to get it back. Sometimes even a mac has to be restarted.

re: #148 faraway

Lizards make better lovers.

How do you know? Is the female smiling?

re: #135 Charles

P.S. If there were a problem with the PJ ads, I would definitely have seen it. I refresh the LGF page probably more than most of you.

Turn off the "Block Pop-up Windows" setting in Safari. Maybe you'll see it then.

Hey guys,
I just came across an interesting article that does a really good job of comparing the Incredible Hulk to Israel.

I'd never thought of it in that way.
Check it out:
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

Actually one of the lizards went back under the portable basketball goal and the other is sunning outside on the driveway.

re: #150 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

One of the funniest things I've ever seen was at the San Diego Zoo. Must have been something in the food, but the Galapagos and desert tortoises were all going at it like crazy. Try explaining that to a three and four year old.

Tell the kids they are cuddling, hugging etc. They understand that at 3 and 4. Like a hug and good night kiss.

re: #157 zombie

Turn off the "Block Pop-up Windows" setting in Safari. Maybe you'll see it then.

Actually, I usually have it turned off, and it's been off all week. No problems.

This is the lizard sex and virus thread.

/maybe I should get th' hell outta here

re: #142 Walter L. Newton

Charles, this was AFTER I had the complete LGF page, downloaded on my side. Not before, or during the download.

I don't see how the name server could still be trying to push something my, AFfTER the request was complete, unless one of the ads, now on my machine, had some code in there that was still trying to contact something.

I agree. The problem does NOT happen when the LGF page is in the process of loading, but long after it's already been loaded for a while. There's something ON the page that's doing it.

re: #160 lindamarie

Tell the kids they are cuddling, hugging etc. They understand that at 3 and 4. Like a hug and good night kiss.

I told them they were trying to play leap frog.

re: #150 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

One of the funniest things I've ever seen was at the San Diego Zoo. Must have been something in the food, but the Galapagos and desert tortoises were all going at it like crazy. Try explaining that to a three and four year old.

My grandmother lived on a farm in Indiana, and every other summer we would spend two weeks there. A city girl (well, suburban), I loved playing in the barns and looking at the animals, but I didn't not anything about their, er, relationship activities. I just thought some of the cows would jump up on another's back because they were trying to get a better view...

re: #153 Charles

If your computer has been infected, there is no telling how it will show up. You can't assume anything from that timing.

I am clean. And anytime something like that happens, I check the processes. I know what every process is/and does. I realize hacks can be named the same as one of the known processes, but I check the time-slicing that process is getting, and if it seems like it is TOO busy, I will check out on the web to see if that process has been known to have been comprimised.

I'm not trying to blame LGH of whatever, just passing on what I see at this end, what I know, and what I do when it happens.

Hopefully this info can help.
Walter in Golden, Co.

re: #161 Charles

Actually, I usually have it turned off, and it's been off all week. No problems.

No pop up blockers here, just using regular old IE6 and havent seen as much as a flicker all morning.

My dog just discovered the lizard.

I wonder if my dog is a liberal.

re: #168 faraway

My dog just discovered the lizard.

I wonder if my dog is a liberal.

I AM NOT!

re: #164 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Works for me! Brilliant. It is amazing what you can come up with when needed as a parent.

re: #163 zombie

I agree. The problem does NOT happen when the LGF page is in the process of loading, but long after it's already been loaded for a while. There's something ON the page that's doing it.

Again -- you cannot make that assumption. If DNS cache poisoning is the cause, there are a million different ways that kind of thing could manifest itself.

re: #149 Walter L. Newton

The only other thing I can think of is that the ad had some code in it that was working in conjunction with some malware on my workstation.

But I'm clean, and have been always. I use a crapload of protection on my side.

I'm clean too. Running OSX 10.4.1.11 with all updates, never do anything dodgy, never had any other kind of infection problem.

re: #168 faraway

My dog just discovered the lizard.

I wonder if my dog is a liberal.

I wonder if your dog is hungry?

re: #106 faraway

You are not going to believe this.

I am looking outside my window and 2 lizards are having sex in the driveway.

Dirk?

re: #168 faraway

My dog just discovered the lizard.

I wonder if my dog is a liberal.

Most of them are, except for working dogs.

re: #161 Charles

Actually, I usually have it turned off, and it's been off all week. No problems.

Mysterious!

re: #171 Charles

For those having problems would it help if they used ipconfig to clear the cashe in their computers?

I think my dog may be a liberal.

He lays around all day living off of handouts.

re: #124 faraway

Wow. That was fast. They are done. Less than 2 minutes.

How long in lizard minutes?

re: #159 faraway

Actually one of the lizards went back under the portable basketball goal and the other is sunning outside on the driveway.

Neither is smoking a cigarette?

This hit the computers our clients use at work. I had to hand remove it, but now it looks like there is a removal tool here.

Most antivirus and spyware programs won't detect this SOB yet.

re: #124 faraway

Wow. That was fast. They are done. Less than 2 minutes.

They must be married.

The reason I linked to the DNS cache article is because this is a very serious worldwide problem. If an attacker manages to poison a DNS cache, they can literally do almost anything -- download Javascript to your computer without you being aware of it, for just one example, that waits for a specific amount of time, then pops up a dialog.

There needs to be an email campaign to convince Obama to grow a beard, ala Lincoln.

He's such a pandering schmuck, he might do it.

(Stovepipe hat, optional.)

I'm out of here.

re: #165 goddessoftheclassroom

My grandmother lived on a farm in Indiana, and every other summer we would spend two weeks there. A city girl (well, suburban), I loved playing in the barns and looking at the animals, but I didn't not anything about their, er, relationship activities. I just thought some of the cows would jump up on another's back because they were trying to get a better view...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

re: #171 Charles

Again -- you cannot make that assumption. If DNS cache poisoning is the cause, there are a million different ways that kind of thing could manifest itself.

The computers at work got this from three different sites, none of which are LGF. This is a major infection.

The only thing that seems stuck on the work pc's that I can't repair by hand is the fact that anytime anyone goes to msn.com it comes up as v11.msn.com and shows a virus warning. Hopefully this tool will work monday at work.

re: #183 Charles

Houston - we have a problem.
Hope Huston is listening and patching

re: #183 Charles

The reason I linked to the DNS cache article is because this is a very serious worldwide problem. If an attacker manages to poison a DNS cache, they can literally do almost anything -- download Javascript to your computer without you being aware of it, for just one example, that waits for a specific amount of time, then pops up a dialog.

So if the Chinese hackers go after the DNS Servers, they the net is toast?

Hi Charles,

Its not happening in UK, but around whole Western Europe ... I m in Germany, and i am also getting this ...

I m using safari on my Mac OS X ( ppc ) and even its downloading the exe on my system... I tried to check it form another system, from another provider at my friends place ..... its happening in his system too ( luckily a linux machine ).....

I google for the website .... scanner.vav-scan.com ... and its whois entry, and came to know that they have a lot of robots .....

Strange is that from many other sites, its only targetting lgf .....

re: #53 Luigi

Two BIG differences from this time and back then: 1) Blogs didn't exist, and 2) We are at WAR. We can expose the bullshit the Donks are putting our country through. We CAN make a difference.

re: #171 Charles

Again -- you cannot make that assumption. If DNS cache poisoning is the cause, there are a million different ways that kind of thing could manifest itself.

Hmmmm! Well, it's over my head, that's for sure. All I can report is my experience -- here are the symptoms:

- When I'm on LGF sometimes over the last two days, and unwanted pop-up window will open at the bottom right corner of the screen, with an audible accompanying "click" or "pop" sound
- At the same instant, the LGF page will close and disappear.
- If one tries to close the unwanted window, it opens up a new window telling you to run an obviously fraudulent virus scan.
- I get the problem ONLY when I am at LGF -- no other site.
- It happens not when the page is loading, but after it's been loaded for several minutes. No action or click on my part initiates the problem -- it just happens.
- It only started happening after I allowed pop-up windows.
- Running Safari 3.1.1 on a MAc with OSX 10.4.11.

That's it! I leave the diagnosis to the experts.

re: #184 profitsbeard

There needs to be an email campaign to convince Obama to grow a beard, ala Lincoln.

He's such a pandering schmuck, he might do it.

I have said for months now that Obama will adopt McCain's positions in order to win.

This is how he beat Hillary. He adopted her healthcare platform and neutralized her.

If Obama drops his "out of Iraq" stance, McCain is toast and Obama will win in a landslide.

O/T, but a complete fraud!

IRAN MISSILE TEST BLUFF: OLD ROCKETS, BOGUS VIDEO
Fri Jul 11 2008 15:18:02 ET

Many of Iran's claims related to missile tests during "Great Prophet III" war games -- appear to be smoke and mirrors!

The missiles tested DID NOT not have 2,000-kilometer range, the NEW YORK TIMES is planning to report on Saturday.

Iran DID NOT launch a Shahab-3 missile, able to reach Israel.

It was an older missile that was out of production, newsroom sources tell DRUDGE.

And a video showing what appeared to be many missiles being fired -- is actually one missile, filmed from different angles!

NYT's Bill Broad is planning to quote military insiders.

re: #188 lindamarie

Houston - we have a problem.
Hope Huston is listening and patching

Angelica Huston?

re: #117 abolitionist

PIMF. I meant scanner.vav-scan.com (bad site) -- not scanner-vav.com (typo)

re: #190 loveguru

Hi Charles,

Its not happening in UK, but around whole Western Europe ... I m in Germany, and i am also getting this ...

I m using safari on my Mac OS X ( ppc ) and even its downloading the exe on my system... I tried to check it form another system, from another provider at my friends place ..... its happening in his system too ( luckily a linux machine ).....

I google for the website .... scanner.vav-scan.com ... and its whois entry, and came to know that they have a lot of robots .....

Strange is that from many other sites, its only targetting lgf .....

It's not. It also targeted MSN, and candystand.com. Those are just two I know of. Though, someone at work told me that it also was happening to youtube.com and emule videos.

I am having no problems here in New Fallujah, Michigan

re: #172 zombie

What! You're not at Leopard yet? Dang!

zombie, you may be experiencing the new "Fairness Doctrine" in action.

It just happened to me, too (I am in the UK). I had to control+alt+delete and close Firefox.

Charles - is the problem really with DNS servers? Bear in mind, a) we all have different ISPs and b) This has only happened (to me) with LGF.

Could it be advert related?

Night all... later.

re: #199 Macker

What! You're not at Leopard yet? Dang!

Nope. I'm Old Skool!

Anyway, gotta run. Busy day today! Toodle-oo.

re: #184 profitsbeard
Obama with/without Beard
from this
Obama's Flip-Flopping Caused by Evil Twin

re: #197 Mars Needs Neocons

candystand.com and MSN working good here ....

I am not having any problems

re: #203 zombie

Nope. I'm Old Skool!

Anyway, gotta run. Busy day today! Toodle-oo.

Old Skool to me is Panther or, worse, Jaguar! (snicker)
Have a great day! I gotta head to the chiropractor myself....

re: #205 loveguru

candystand.com and MSN working good here ....

From what I understand the infection was only for a very short time. Each area that got hit, the problem dropped out really quickly. It was just bad luck for people to hit at certain times.

Phew! Nothing to worry about folks! Go back to ignoring Iran until they have their nukes!

re: #194 Bob in Breckenridge

O/T, but a complete fraud!

IRAN MISSILE TEST BLUFF: OLD ROCKETS, BOGUS VIDEO
Fri Jul 11 2008 15:18:02 ET

Many of Iran's claims related to missile tests during "Great Prophet III" war games -- appear to be smoke and mirrors!

The missiles tested DID NOT not have 2,000-kilometer range, the NEW YORK TIMES is planning to report on Saturday.

Iran DID NOT launch a Shahab-3 missile, able to reach Israel.

It was an older missile that was out of production, newsroom sources tell DRUDGE.

And a video showing what appeared to be many missiles being fired -- is actually one missile, filmed from different angles!

NYT's Bill Broad is planning to quote military insiders.

I've experienced this problem from midday today, Charles.
I'm in the UK.
Run virus scan a couple of times and nothing was detected.
It is annoying...
Let's hope for the best!

re: #199 Macker

re: #208 Mars Needs Neocons

the poisoning is still here .... from last 7 hours...

i think those peoples were on wrong platform ;) ... the only victim is windoof

re: #55 Ursus Maritimus

I have noticed it here and at Instapundit.
Physical location is Sweden.
Are you sure nobody has managed to insert a mal ad in the pajamas media ads?

Pajamas media was down (unreachable) for me last night. And even on LGF the other day, something was opening a PDF file, so yes, there might have been a mal associated with pajamas.

re: #210 Bennauro

Run virus scan a couple of times and nothing was detected.

This will not be detected by anti-virus. Try anti-spyware.

re: #5 The Other Les

Minnesota.

Even worse. What part of Minnesota?

pre-Boomer Marine Brat, are you still here?

Yes

re: #210 Bennauro

I've experienced this problem from midday today, Charles.
I'm in the UK.
Run virus scan a couple of times and nothing was detected.
It is annoying...
Let's hope for the best!

Charles, any way a client can log into LGF using an IP instead of DNS?

re: #216 pre-Boomer Marine brat

This is for your previous "you are now my favorite lizard" post...

[Link: icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com...]

re: #212 itellu3times

Pajamas media was down (unreachable) for me last night. And even on LGF the other day, something was opening a PDF file, so yes, there might have been a mal associated with pajamas.

I'm starting to repeat myself -- but this is ALMOST CERTAINLY NOT related to a PJ Media ad. The most likely cause by far is described in the article I posted.

Thanks everyone for your help. I am now certainly using the most recent available ZoneAlarm and have changed my MS Update settings accordingly.
I'll do a restart and go mow the yard and hope for the best....because restoring to last eleventy-Monday to access the internet was getting tiresome....

And I am SOOOO unprepared! If I had been so lazy, I would have gone out (a week ago) and scavenged for ammo.

/calling PETA, the ACLU, ... whomever ... whine!

re: #55 Ursus Maritimus

I have noticed it here and at Instapundit.
Physical location is Sweden.
Are you sure nobody has managed to insert a mal ad in the pajamas media ads?

I get it here and at the Jawa Report, also pajamas media....

Nothing at all on non PM sites

Otherwise, I seem OK here in Los Angeles, regarding the DNS issue, Verizon as an ISP. But I've had the virtamundo malware before, and it's a booger. Its symptoms are pop-ups to scan and scam sites at random times. It works by installing a semi-randomly named DLL that invoked at startup and waits random times before doing its nasties. Most antivirus and malware systems can't see it, or at least couldn't as of a year or so ago. And the sites it links to are those that try to pop up more browsers when you close one, and it still often succeeds, even against the kind of modest protection I run, anyway.

re: #221 pre-Boomer Marine brat

If I had NOT been so lazy

/speaking of which

Anyone else getting more spam that usual today? I haven't noticed any DNS redirects but I'm getting a lot of spam.

re: #225 Killgore Trout

Anyone else getting more spam that usual today? I haven't noticed any DNS redirects but I'm getting a lot of spam.

Nothing unusual here on the spam front.

re: #225 Killgore Trout

Anyone else getting more spam that usual today? I haven't noticed any DNS redirects but I'm getting a lot of spam.

Yes, there's also a massive spam attack going on.

Try this free anti-virus and anti-spyware. AVG version 8

re: #193 faraway

I definitely think Obama can win, but I don't think he has a prayer of winning in a landslide.

re: #71 Typicalwhitey

They will be too busy swooning at the stadium.

I can only hope there is a huge thunderstorm at the time LOL

That would be interpreted as a sign that Obamassiah truly represents the second coming!

re: #230 Annar

That would be interpreted as a sign that Obamassiah truly represents the second coming!

He'll break into Gene Kelly's "Singing in the Rain" routine.

I love it:

[Link: my.barackobama.com...]

re: #230 Annar

That would be interpreted as a sign that Obamassiah truly represents the second coming!

Unless he gets hit by lighting.

re: #183 Charles

The reason I linked to the DNS cache article is because this is a very serious worldwide problem. If an attacker manages to poison a DNS cache, they can literally do almost anything -- download Javascript to your computer without you being aware of it, for just one example, that waits for a specific amount of time, then pops up a dialog.

Can you explain. How can an infected DNS send me something, after the fact of my request?

I have a hardware firewall. If any responses come back to it, and it cannot match the request, port, ip and other information it holds on requests, it simply drops the response.

Something would HAVE to be on my end ASKING for something. Or my hardware firewall would have had to be spoofed.

Ideas?

Walter

Just read this from a friend...

This is wild! Try it!

How smart is Your Right Foot ?
Just try this. It is from an orthopedic surgeon............ This will boggle your mind and you will keep trying over and over again to see if you can outsmart your foot, but, you can't. It's pre-programmed in your
brain!
1. While sitting where you are at your desk in front of your computer,
lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles.
2. Now, while doing this, draw the number '6' in the air with your
right Hand. Your foot will change direction.

I told you so ! And there's nothing you can do about it !

You and I both know how stupid it is, but before the day is done you are going to try it again, if you've not already done so.

Send it to your buddies to frustrate them too.

re: #233 Typicalwhitey

Unless he gets hit by lighting.

Not possible, he creates the lightning.

re: #234 Walter L. Newton

Can you explain. How can an infected DNS send me something, after the fact of my request?

I have a hardware firewall. If any responses come back to it, and it cannot match the request, port, ip and other information it holds on requests, it simply drops the response.

Something would HAVE to be on my end ASKING for something. Or my hardware firewall would have had to be spoofed.

Ideas?

Walter

If a DNS server is compromised, your firewall will not know anything is amiss. The attacker can basically control every request coming through the server, and reroute it to anything they like. Your browser might request an image from LGF, for example, and the attacker could reroute the request to a Javascript file. It all happens in the DNS server, and your browser never knows about it -- as far as the browser is concerned, nothing unusual happened.

re: #235 goddessoftheclassroom

The "imp of the perverse" strikes again!

re: #228 faraway

Try this free anti-virus and anti-spyware. AVG version 8

Great program, but beware of a lot of false positives.

I've been refreshing LGF over and over with all pop-up blockers turned off, just to make sure, and haven't had a single problem.

re: #225 Killgore Trout

Yes. It's annoying.

re: #238 wolfie

Did you see my #116 on the Tony Snow thread?

Well, done with my saturday morning at work, off to go see Hellboy, later Lizards

re: #240 Charles

I've been refreshing LGF over and over with all pop-up blockers turned off, just to make sure, and haven't had a single problem.

Nuke the site from orbit. It's the ONLY way to be sure.
/Kidding!

re: #242 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Did you see my #116 on the Tony Snow thread?

[Link: icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com...]

re: #235 goddessoftheclassroom

First time, yes, but not when I visualized the correct movements and tried it again.

re: #233 Typicalwhitey

Unless he gets hit by lighting.

Beat me to it.

The Internets may be morphing into a new intelligent being this weekend.

It remembers everything you ever typed and every site you ever visited.

I've been giving this some thought. Here is one way this could happen, even with the amount of protection I have at my end.

1) I send a request out for a page.
2) Spoofed DNS gets my request.
3) It goes out, get some hacker code
4) Sends that packet to me, with the info that request is not complete.
5) Spoofed DNS grabs what I asked for
6) Sends the result of my original request as more packets
7) Ends the transmission
8) My firewall says "Asked for LGF, got LGF."
9) In the beginning, middle or end of those data packets, bad code, bad, bad code.

Walter in Golden, Co.

re: #245 goddessoftheclassroom

[Link: icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com.. .]

What is THIS? The view of YOUR driveway?

re: #236 faraway

Not possible, he creates the lightning.

No. That's sunshine flowing outta' his butt. Not lightning.

re: #249 Walter L. Newton

I've been giving this some thought. Here is one way this could happen, even with the amount of protection I have at my end.

1) I send a request out for a page.
2) Spoofed DNS gets my request.
3) It goes out, get some hacker code
4) Sends that packet to me, with the info that request is not complete.
5) Spoofed DNS grabs what I asked for
6) Sends the result of my original request as more packets
7) Ends the transmission
8) My firewall says "Asked for LGF, got LGF."
9) In the beginning, middle or end of those data packets, bad code, bad, bad code.

Walter in Golden, Co.

That's right -- that's one possible scenario.

re: #248 faraway

The Internets may be morphing into a new intelligent being this weekend.

It remembers everything you ever typed and every site you ever visited.

Because of FISA!

/chanelling the koskids

More from "The Imp of the Perverse":

We stand upon the brink of a precipice. We peer into the abyss - we grow sick and dizzy. Our first impulse is the shrink away from the danger. Unaccountably we remain... it is but a thought, although a fearful one, and one which chills the very marrow of our bones with the fierceness of the delight of its horror. It is merely the idea of what would be our sensations during the sweeping precipitancy of a fall from such a height... for this very cause do we now the most vividly desire it.

Leftists, liberals, and Democrats want to jump into the abyss. Which would be fine, if they weren't trying to pull the rest of us along with them.

re: #250 pre-Boomer Marine brat

What is THIS? The view of YOUR driveway?

I was being nice to you because of your lighting the candles.

/I bet your swamped with shame about now...

re: #243 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Well, done with my saturday morning at work, off to go see Hellboy, later Lizards

Codename for Obama?

re: #252 Charles

re: #249 Walter L. Newton

I've been giving this some thought. Here is one way this could happen, even with the amount of protection I have at my end.

1) I send a request out for a page.
2) Spoofed DNS gets my request.
3) It goes out, get some hacker code
4) Sends that packet to me, with the info that request is not complete.
5) Spoofed DNS grabs what I asked for
6) Sends the result of my original request as more packets
7) Ends the transmission
8) My firewall says "Asked for LGF, got LGF."
9) In the beginning, middle or end of those data packets, bad code, bad, bad code.

Walter in Golden, Co.

That's right -- that's one possible scenario.

Addendum to my list above.

10) Doesn't always happen, it depends on how may servers, what server, my request hits trying to make it to LGF server.

Walter in Golden, Co.

re: #248 faraway

The Internets may be morphing into a new intelligent being this weekend.

It remembers everything you ever typed and every site you ever visited.

Recreate 1984!

Just to be clear, Charles: If the problem is "DNS server" related, that means the problem is not actually on our home computers, but is something out there in the Internet beyond our control -- right? Just want to make sure I don't have some kind of infection.

re: #259 zombie

Just want to make sure I don't have some kind of infection.

Do you have any strange rashes? Itching? Craving unnatural things?

re: #257 Walter L. Newton Hey Walter - for those of us who are tech challenged, can you make any suggestions as how to head this off?
I've had my cursor freezing up on me almost everytime I start my computer - and this is after adding 2 gig RAM last week, giving me well over 3 gig RAM after allowing for the Video Card's hogging of RAM.