Time to Move On

[Gojirax]

http://www.smileycentral.com/

http://www.doubleclick.com/

Surf those for a bit on your unprotected Windows box.

Also google some fun stuff like:

"Free wallpaper"
"Free smilies"

For some detail on some of the better rootkit spyware that will really get your system ready for a good FDISKing look up "Cool Web Search"

*EDIT*
Oh, don't forget a really nice peer to peer file sharing application from Kazaa:
http://www.kazaa.com/

It installs spyware that's actually required for it to run. When you run Ad-Aware or Spybot (Insert fave cleaning program) etc on it and remove the spyware and Kazaa will say "A critical component for this program to run is missing, click here to reinstall it."

Have fun infecting, and I would advise anyone that gets an Email from this guy over the next month to filter it to the trash can.  :crazy:

[maffoo]

I think all this talk about windows boxes being instantly swamped with insidious programmes within seconds of plugging in the ethernet is just bluster.  I would be fascinated to be proven wrong though and I`m not fussed about having to reinstall windows if necessary...

A few years back I'd just reinstalled XP for some reason, connected to the Internet to download some security updates (I think I needed to get updates for my firewall and anti-virus as well.) Within 10 minutes I had a virus. I think it was "mydoom" (it was the one that brings up a message telling you that you have 60 seconds before the computer reboots with no way to stop it - barely enough time to find a solution!)

[Frags]

Gojirax wrote:
http://www.smileycentral.com/

http://www.doubleclick.com/

Surf those for a bit on your unprotected Windows box.

Also google some fun stuff like:

"Free wallpaper"
"Free smilies"

For some detail on some of the better rootkit spyware that will really get your system ready for a good FDISKing look up "Cool Web Search"

*EDIT*
Oh, don't forget a really nice peer to peer file sharing application from Kazaa:
http://www.kazaa.com/

It installs spyware that's actually required for it to run. When you run Ad-Aware or Spybot (Insert fave cleaning program) etc on it and remove the spyware and Kazaa will say "A critical component for this program to run is missing, click here to reinstall it."

Have fun infecting, and I would advise anyone that gets an Email from this guy over the next month to filter it to the trash can.  :crazy:

Right on, I`ve had a look through but it seems to need you to click things mostly to fall for them.  I guess that`s it though, some people just click and don`t think.  Same with Kazaa, it`s there in the eula if you look.  I was thinking more about stuff that insinuates itself with no interaction from the user at all.  
By the way, don`t worry about me being a typhoid Mary as I`ve got an install on an old 1Gb drive that I`ve been using for this `experiment`.

[neofree]

The problem is that not everyone has XP SP2 or anti-virus or anti-spyware software to protect you from this crap.  Those sites in particular were often cause for telephone calls to the helpdesks I used to work at.  Fact is that 91% of google.com users are Windows, but only 40% are Windows XP users!  There are TONS of people who are still running Windows 95, 98, Me, with NO updates, NO protection.  Think about this.  How many people can only get dialup in their area and have never installed an update to their OS?  TONS, I run into it regularly with my work.   Companies like CompUSA, Geeks on Call, etc. that offer tech services make a killing just cleaning viruses and spyware off peoples machines because they dont keep up to date.  It's a matter of stupidity sure, but not that they are being warned, they think they are using something that's OK and have no warning because they dont secure their machines.  An Amiga, Mac, Linux user can be stupid like this and have less chance of virus and spyware.

Thanks,

Neofree

[DamageX]

ah yes, free smilys and wallpapers, who could live without?

I'll download some of that BS to my machine right after I drink out of the Susquehanna river.