Where can I find an online anti-virus...

[Dave Hall]

On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 12:16 +0930, Paul Shirren wrote:
> On 24/09/09 10:04 AM, mike james wrote:
> > sucker = me
> > :)
> 
> Not at all. It would be terrible if we were all so cynical that we
> didn't respond to calls for help. Online communities rely on goodwill
> and these people abuse it. Lots of great replies from everyone as usual.
> 
> I have seen posts with the exact same text in several unrelated lists
> and from different addresses.
> 
> This type of Dorothy Dix spam is becoming popular on forums. The
> reasonable initial question doesn't register with filters or moderators
> and creates a thread. Then another post is snuck in with some link spam
> in an attempt to boost search engine ranking.
> 
> In this case I think the aim is to give the payload some sort of
> legitimacy to casual inspection by slipping it in with the other
> answers. The usual punchline to this one is a link to a site saying it
> has detected malware on your computer (in C:\WINDOWS\System32 even on
> Mac and Linux) and a helpful download link for a "solution" and I don't
> mean an Ubuntu CD.

At least 70 references for the text is already in google.
http://is.gd/3Cz1l- 

Still was a good opportunity to promote opcrack which is a very useful
tool :)

Cheers

Dave