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robFehr
I sent an email close to a week ago to the abuse department regarding an individual who is installing trojans on people computers, and using them to spam yahoo chat.

The domain in question is http://www.findsexygirlz.com.


Above is an example of his spamming back on Nov 27th. He has since changed his domain name to findsexygirlz.com, and a recent image of his activity can be seen at


Basically, he is building a botnet by installing trojans on peoples computers, which he then uses to spam yahoo chat with his URLs. A set % of the time, his website will redirect to a 'webcam application' landing page, which makes the user download and install the program whcih is the trojan.

People infected will spam the chatrooms to try and infect more people.

More details on this guy can be found at http://www.gof***yourself.com/showthread.php?t=681401

Like I said, I emailed theplanet close to a week ago, and they have done NOTHING. I even called them to ask them how long it takes to investigate matters like this and they said a few hours.
nForcer
So if you sent the email, I'll be they are doing what they are supposed to be doing...looking into the situation.

The Planet, unlike many other providers, is very cautious with events such as this because most of the time they are spoofed IP addresses having nothing to do with a server hosted at ThePlanet.

Just because you submitted a report to the Abuse department doesn't mean they will contact you with the end result. Just report the issue and unless its directly affecting you in a business way...let them do thier job and be humble.
robFehr
That is ridiculous
This has nothing to do with spoofed ip addresses - use tracert and its obvious that the site is hosted at theplanet.com

And I know they will not email me about the result, but I can see the result with my own eyes as this guy has his bots all over yahoo chat; right now.

Its been 8 days now, and since they claimed most incidents are resolved within a few hours, or at most 2-3 days, I have a feeling they are going to do nothing about this case.
Heatseeker
none of those sites are hosted at theplanet. so, just because it's still happening you assumed that theplanet didn't do anything about it? it appears he just moved his operation elsewhere.

an older dns record that he was hosted at theplanet, but it doesn't seem so anymore.

edit: just saw your new post. please post a screenshot of your tracert because i'm not seeing those domains hosted at theplanet.
Matt2k
I don't know about the bots, but I had no idea such a forum existed with over 10 million posts.
Matt2k
> one of those sites are hosted at theplanet. so, just because it's still happening you assumed that theplanet didn't do anything about it?

If you'll read the thread, the trojan downloads data from http://xnet4.ipwn.com/ys/dat/mylink.txt (and others) which is clearly a server at this datacenter.

Now, this is just a theory, but if getting to that stage involves hanging out on a yahoo chat room, downloading a program, watching network traffic and debugging the trojan, then I might understand why it's taking the abuse department a little longer to run some tests. Obviously unless it's something super critical they want to make sure they're not canning a legitimate customer.
robFehr
I think it has more to do with incompetence than anything else. The research has already been done. They have to do nothing but look at whats already there.

Here is his trojan website http://xsphinx.com/
(if you refresh www.findsexygirlz.com enough you will get there)
Here is the actual trojan http://xsphinx.com/xsphinx.exe

What more proof do you need? Honestly..
Matt2k
> What more proof do you need? Honestly..

Are you trying to convince me or the abuse department, because I'm certainly not about to run that executable. icon_smile.gif
robFehr
Well im hoping that by creating this thread theplanet actually looks into the situation.
fpscops.com
QUOTE (robFehr)
Well im hoping that by creating this thread theplanet actually looks into the situation.



Its been tried with little reward. I haven't checked lately to see if persian tools is still on this network. Some guy rallied hard here in the forums to shut down a pirate site.
robFehr
QUOTE (fpscops.com)
QUOTE (robFehr)
Well im hoping that by creating this thread theplanet actually looks into the situation.



Its been tried with little reward. I haven't checked lately to see if persian tools is still on this network. Some guy rallied hard here in the forums to shut down a pirate site.

ugh..
why are hosts so incompetent nowadays
fpscops.com
There's several different things that could be going on. One thing to keep in mind is that there could be an investigation going on and there simply gathering evidence.
nForcer
He's just looking for a 'finders fee' so he can cash in on being a tattle tale.

...just looking for attention.
robFehr
QUOTE (nForcer)
He's just looking for a 'finders fee' so he can cash in on being a tattle tale.

...just looking for attention.

is that what you think of when people report trojan makers?

idiot
klaude
Its great how people go about shouting "impompetence" in situations like this. icon_smile.gif If you emailed our abuse group then we're aware of it and we'll handle it. Sometimes "handling it" involves leaving the site up. Thanks for reporting this to us. I'll follow up with our abuse guys to make sure we're taking care of it.
nForcer
I guess this robFehr guy must have been hit by one of these 'trojans' to justify making such a big fuss.

Its pretty sad when an 'idiot' can point out YOUR stupidity. Kind of like watching a normal person loose in in the Special Olympics.

I mean no disrespect to those involved in or in relation to the Special Olympics. My crude usage was to point out the severity of the issue.
fpscops.com
QUOTE (nForcer)
I guess this robFehr guy must have been hit by one of these 'trojans' to justify making such a big fuss.

Its pretty sad when an 'idiot' can point out YOUR stupidity.  Kind of like watching a normal person loose in in the Special Olympics.

I mean no disrespect to those involved in or in relation to the Special Olympics.  My crude usage was to point out the severity of the issue.


You are a complete and total douche bag. wink.gif

Why you even posted in thread no one will ever know.
nForcer
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cprompt
QUOTE (nForcer)
I mean no disrespect to those involved in or in relation to the Special Olympics.

When you mean no disrespect or don't want to cause offence, it is often better to think of a different analogy icon_wink.gif
robFehr
QUOTE (nForcer)
I guess this robFehr guy must have been hit by one of these 'trojans' to justify making such a big fuss.

Its pretty sad when an 'idiot' can point out YOUR stupidity.  Kind of like watching a normal person loose in in the Special Olympics.

I mean no disrespect to those involved in or in relation to the Special Olympics.  My crude usage was to point out the severity of the issue.


You are an idiot. Even worse, you are an idiot that has over 1800 posts on a support forum for a host, which makes your title 'SuperGeek' seem truly fitting.

Why don't you go troll in another thread. I sent an email 8 days ago and nothing happened, I figured this case was ignored so I brought it up here.

Thank you klaude for the reply - if you need any other info about this guy let me know.

PS nForcer: its ironic to see you calling people idiots when you obviously have difficulty spelling simple words like 'lose'
robFehr
QUOTE (nForcer)
I guess this robFehr guy must have been hit by one of these 'trojans' to justify making such a big fuss.

Its pretty sad when an 'idiot' can point out YOUR stupidity.  Kind of like watching a normal person loose in in the Special Olympics.

I mean no disrespect to those involved in or in relation to the Special Olympics.  My crude usage was to point out the severity of the issue.


You are an idiot. Even worse, you are an idiot that has over 1800 posts on a support forum for a host, which makes your title 'SuperGeek' seem truly fitting.

Why don't you go troll in another thread. I sent an email 8 days ago and nothing happened, I figured this case was ignored so I brought it up here.

Thank you klaude for the reply - if you need any other info about this guy let me know.

PS nForcer: its ironic to see you calling people idiots when you obviously have difficulty spelling simple words like 'lose'. On top of that, your analogy is stupid; most normal people WOULD lose to athletes in the Special Olympics. Get a life.
nForcer
Hey robFehr, did you miss the Edit button or do you just like to hear yourself talk?


Once, again, your stupidity is showing.

Have a nice day!
robFehr
QUOTE (nForcer)
Hey robFehr, did you miss the Edit button or do you just like to hear yourself talk?  


Once, again, your stupidity is showing.

Have a nice day!

Nice work idiot, ignore all my comments and pick on the fact that I had two replies in a row.

The reason I had to make a second reply was because there is a limited time to edit a comment, and I wanted to change what I posted after that time passed.

Go back to sniffing glue jackass.
nForcer
Its so funny to watch the hole you're digging get larger and larger. icon_lol.gif icon_lol.gif icon_lol.gif

You're beyond digging yourself out and I've had my laugh, so I'm done here. icon_razz.gif
robFehr
What hole? The non-existant one?
And you are done here because you lack the wit required to put together any sort of comeback.

Idiot.
cprompt
QUOTE (nForcer)
Once, again, your stupidity is showing.


QUOTE (robFehr)
Go back to sniffing glue jackass.

Calm down children. Calling each other names and behaving in such an immature fashion will not help either of you. You are both losing respect in the eyes of the community here. If you can't say anything positive, don't say anything at all.

nForcer, if you think robFehr is behaving like a jerk, just let him act like a jerk, it's no big deal.

robFehr, if you think nForcer is behaving like a jerk, just let him act like a jerk, it's no big deal.
eddy2099
I am locking up this thread. It is getting too much to handle.

*Be Civil here*
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