Fred, I am not sure this is connected but when I opened the PM and clicked on the link, my Apple asked if I wanted to "allow control to another computer" I denied it and checked the log and found that a website www.2mdn.net was the origin of the pm link.
I tried to log into 2mdn.net and IE8 said no such link.
Dan
well, it looks like our buddies at Google are playing a role in this:
Whois Record For 2Mdn.net
Whois Record
Site Profile
Registration
Server Stats
My Whois
Reverse Whois: "DNS Admin" owns about93,763 other domains Email Search: is associated with about 10,362 domains
Registrar History: 3 registrars NS History: 2 changes on 3 unique name servers over 7 years. Whois History: 1,318 records have been archived since 2005-05-03 . Log In or Create a FREE account to start monitoring this domain name
Registrant:
DNS Admin
Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View CA 94043
US
+1.6502530000 Fax: +1.6506188571
Administrative Contact:
DNS Admin
Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View CA 94043
US
+1.6506234000 Fax: +1.6506188571
Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
DNS Admin
Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View CA 94043
US
+1.6502530000 Fax: +1.6506188571
Created on..............: 2005-05-02.
Expires on..............: 2013-05-02.
Record last updated on..: 2011-04-18.
Good work anthony and they have hacked into some PC computers that have used google today.
I am online with Norton NAV now for 1 of my WinXP pc's that crashed and would NOT start NORMALLY. SAFE MODE OK...They got me up and running normal and have found a virus tracing back to 2mdn.net. Had to use "restore point" from yesterday for computer to start "normally". And I am on a seured,encrypted network!!
Windows registration language was changed to "shut down" and delete Windows startup..So far after lines removed by NAV, computer running fine.
I forwarded to NAV your post.
Dan
holy horse hockey, Dan. talk about a worse case scenario I'm not at all computer savvy, depending upon OSX and Sophos anti-virus; I have the latter running continuously and I'm clean (so far). I did not get anything like the rest of you all reporting this have gotten; maybe Fred got in before I saw OP's post. Are you good to go now? Sure do hope so
anthonysemone wrote:
holy horse hockey, Dan. talk about a worse case scenario I'm not at all computer savvy, depending upon OSX and Sophos anti-virus; I have the latter running continuously and I'm clean (so far). I did not get anything like the rest of you all reporting this have gotten; maybe Fred got in before I saw OP's post. Are you good to go now? Sure do hope so
Norton AV has Incident Case on both websites for scamware, scareware and trojan viruses on 1/31. Norton's Power Erasure found muliple deep threats that nrmal full rootkit scans did not detect.
Seems PC's were only one's "violated"
Dan
holy shit!! no never mind, horse hockey. I reckon those assholes have nothing better to do with their time than to piss around with folks. Glad it's working out, Dan
FWIW, I opened the 2mdn.net link on a MBP 17" that you know well Not a problem here. I've scanned all files on my hard drive with Sophos anti-virus, and all 300k + of them are clean; nothing in my Quarantine folder either. I offer this not to start a war about Mac v. Windows, but only to say that perhaps you're having a positive impact on the idiots who did this.
FWIW, I opened the 2mdn.net link on a MBP 17" that you know well Not a problem here. I've scanned all files on my hard drive with Sophos anti-virus, and all 300k + of them are clean; nothing in my Quarantine folder either. I offer this not to start a war about Mac v. Windows, but only to say that perhaps you're having a positive impact on the idiots who did this.
I almost forgot your have my 17".
Yes, this seems to be an issue with PC machines only.
I got one too ! I haven't posted here all that much and my last post was ages ago, not to mention that I haven't had time to visit in quite a while. The email notification, sent today, ended up in my spam folder (Mac OS X Mail.app) but I saw it anyway just now. I am quite suspicious of these too good to be true stories so I never clicked on that link since I suspected it might be a phishing ploy or whatever.
I came here looking for a way to contact the owner to warn him that maybe there's been a breach in security.
Edit : Just had a look at my PM box and it was a direct email that I received, not a PM notification.
I'm always suspicious when I "win" something or am offered anything for free. It never is and I didn't fall for it, either. Keep up the great site, Fred! No complaints from me!
I'm not at all computer savvy, depending upon OSX and Sophos anti-virus; I have the latter running continuously and I'm clean (so far). I did not get anything like the rest of you all reporting this have gotten; maybe Fred got in before I saw OP's post. Are you good to go now? Sure do hope so
Not a problem here. I've scanned all files on my hard drive with Sophos anti-virus, and all 300k + of them are clean; nothing in my Quarantine folder either. I offer this not to start a war about Mac v. Windows, but only to say that perhaps you're having a positive impact on the idiots who did this.