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James Taylor - Something In The Way She Moves
And I feel fine anytime she's around me now,
And If I'm well you can tell that she's been with me now,
And she's been with me now Quite a long, long time
And I feel fine.
STUPID E-MAILS
This is more like a hobby than a rant, even though it concerns one of my favorite rants. E-mail/Spam. But in an
effort to make apples out of lemons, I've decided to start collecting the subject lines from them, because of the patent
absurdity in their come ons. Of course what is the good of getting mail and not being able to respond? Now, I don't
have to tell you guys never open an E-mail you're not sure about, so my way is to answer with my
own personal commentary on their subject. OK I'll shut up already. Here goes. My comments are
in parenthesis. Now remember I'm not making this stuff up. These are real honest to god E-mails
I've gotten. Feel free to send me yours if you like. I'll post them (not the E-mails just the subject lines).

Eliminate your debt the Christian way. (Chase the money lenders out of the Temple?)

You said once you like Rolex [paramagnet] (No that was Tag Heuer. What is a paramagnet?
A sticky paralegal kinda thing? Or maybe, a skydiving attorney?)

Hook Up With Lonely Married Women (Sorry I only “hook up“ when fishing.)

You are made active (I thought I was feeling kind of frisky today.)

Fuck, where is my money/ (How the fuck should I know?)

60 second auto loans! (now that’s fast!)

5 Minute Auto Loan - ALL CREDIT ACCEPTED (Dude! I can get it done
in 60 seconds!)

Software 4 U……crappie (sorry not good enough. My software has to be
really crappy)

TUltram is an opioid analgesic (Opioid? Now you’re talking!)

DIPLOMA from a highly credible college Sunshine675 (Would that be The
Sears Institute of Higher Learning?)

Breaking news can deliver immediate results (I’ve tried that but the newspaper
just bends)

Don’t be an a$$hole Daisy (how about an a$$hole Lily?)

Dying to meat you (Hmmmm……I don’t think so buddy)

We work 7 days one week for your convenience (Gee GREAT! But what about
the other 51 weeks?)

Improve Desire (Ain’t much room for improvement on the Desire. I’m already at 24/7/365)

Need help doing it twice? (No thanks. The second time the first time still works.
I am having problems with the first time the second time though. Old age I guess)

Take That! (Right back atcha slick!)

Match Found! (I use a lighter, but thanks anyway)

News you can use (must be from Rhymin Simon)

All you have to do is read this (The moment I picked up your book, till I put it down,
I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I may read it)

Choose the way you like it (OK One of me and two of the females)

Confute if it is almost time for your next intake (WTF?)

Wired on the streets (some advice buddy. Speed kills, and rots your teeth)

Timing has an awful lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance (I can’t argue with you there!)

Hydrocodone is the best pain medication (So 1,000,000 Vicodin addicts have told me)

Buy online - As seen in the National Enquirer(Now that’s a testimonial! Where's my wallet?)

I love your sister(she’s 65 and weighs 260lbs. But hey…whatever floats your boat
buddy)

Husband is out of town (Hmmmm…for how long sweetheart?)

Tumultuous cup (I almost want to open this one up to see what the
hell they are selling)

Now I am a new man (That’s nice. I feel like a new woman myself…if I could
just find a good one!)

Need your tablets? We have them (Hey! I loaned those to Moses. How’d you get 'em?)

RE: The question is: can (Another one of those WTF? Ones)

We found your savings (I didn’t know I had any to lose? When can I pick them up?)

Dying to meat you (Again. At least this one was from a woman)

Is everything going OK? (Yes. Thanks for asking. Now get out of my inbox)

Your file sleeps around man! (what did you expect? It is a bastard file after all)

How are you conspirator? (Fine but I think my phone's tapped)

His head basked in (WTF #3?)

Unfaithful bitches (sounds like my kind of girls)

Become the man that women desire (what? Someone to support them? No thanks.
I already have 3 of those)

Tird of being fat? (Tired of being called stupid cause you can’t spell?)

Never do card tricks for the group you play cards with (Did Confucius say that?
Or Lao Tzu?)

I think this wine has been drunk before (EEEWWW! Sloppy seconds?
Watch out for floaters!)

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday(Hey I’m Greek, you
can’t fool me. It’s never on Sunday not Saturday)

Claim Your Brand New Designer Hand Bag (will it match my Pink Lace see
through party dress?)

Hey open this e-mail now please (Uh, should I open the attachment too?)

IS THAT YOUR PASSWORD? (I don’t remember, you tell me)

Reorder Confirmation : 442-040 SENDER bolographic catholicist (Must be the order
I sent away for in the Papal Gift Catalog)

We found unclaimed cash that could be yours please confirm SENDER found money
(Ya that’s the cash I dropped last year)

Re: Hello (You need an attachment just to say hello?)

Stock Tip From Heaven (Holy diversified portfolio Batman!)

R.S.V.P. You’re invited to view eligible singles near you (I didn’t know I was that
close to Russia. Should I bring Vodka to the viewing?)

maybe the $1 Million cash prize can finally let you buy that mansion.(You keep it.
Get an education. Sentences start with capital letters)

Enhance your anatomy (What? You mean I can make my legs longer?)

Male performance system SENDER Lani Black(Once you go black you
can’t go back?)

Ìû ïðèãëàøàåì Âàñ ïîñåòèòü Ìîñêîâñêóþ Ìåæäóíàðîäíóþ Âûñòàâêó Íåäâèæèìîñòè.
(WTF?) I say that a lot!

Cheating Housewife Services (I’m glad someone wants to “service” those cheating
housewives. “Hi! Do you come to this market often?”)

Pppain killers no dddoctor (Must be some ggggoooood shshshshshit if it
makes you stutter like that)

Everyone Loves The Stock Like A Womans’ Naked Body (Umm……….NOT!

Are you lonely or horney (If I wasn’t lonely, I wouldn’t be horney, moron! DUH!)

And the winner of the best of this bunch is……………………

I’m writing a book. I have the page numbers done
(ROTFLMFAO!!! I guess you gotta start somewhere!)
STUPID E-MAILS Round 2
FW: Milton Showed Me How To Get In No Charge  
(What will that cost me?)

Account update Louise
(You update her. She’s too ugly for me!)

No more penis enlarge ripoffs!
(Wow it must have been TOO enlarged)

why do you ignore me ? (Cause you’re a friggin idiot.

subtraction Fast Acting Nose Drops fled Cankaid  (Cankaid? Cank is such a beautiful city too. Damned Terrorists! I'll bet it
would have been a good concert! I like that Band, The Nose Drops)

Are you still fat? (yes but I can always diet. You however will always be ugly)

6-20 lnches in one hour (Will I have stretch marks?)

primate Viminal (Monkey vitamins? Are they as good as Cheeta-lated
iron supplements?)

Re: admissible Allergy 4-Hour (Admissable as evidence or a hostile witness?)

Re: uninformed Libritabs (Somebody should clue them in  then)

Hey man stop throwing away your money (Hey man stop wasting my time)

Augen auf (Augens always auf. Someone needs to turn him aun!)

Re: latin Nystatin Vaginal (Does it work on Swedish girls?)

Fidel ReaIIy it does work (It better or you’re going to the sugar cane fields comrade)

Outperform any women's expectations in bed! (HELL NO! Then they will want to
marry me.)

somethlng that works (Obviously it’s not your typing)

Become one of the low rates (OK How do you think I’ll look as a 6%er?)

Can You Last 36 Hours? %RANDOMCHAR  (I guess. I’ve already lasted 55 years)

turbined Shologc (I prefer to have my Shologc blown thank you.)

local hookup for cheaters (Shouldn’t that be “Local hookers for cheaters?”)

only 1 dolllar cheeeeeters dating website    whorssya(Now that IS a cheap date. Does
it come with peanuts?)

Not take an borshcht bilberry  (Sounds like Borsh shcht to me.)

Make even god's envlous of you ln bed  (Even Hanoman, the God of
monkeying around?)

But talk to dice adhere (Where? I don’t see no dice ad to talk to.)

Re: No worry go fox payoff  (I always knew their newscasters were paid off.)

Not leave on fungoid twice  (OK then, does that mean only once, or more than twice.
Who writes these instructions?)

Cellullte please be gone (Wishing won’t get rid of those cottage cheese thighs baby.
Try warm vitamin E oil and deep tissue massages.)

No room for fat ln a bathlng sult  (Everyone knows that. That’s why it hangs
out. DUH!)

What's up- any plans for Friday? (No, lets hook up and have phone sex. NAH!
I’d rather go bowling.)

In spend be commitment vicious (OK. Whatever you say.)

Re: Be understand as overcapitalize convocation (An overspending get together?
Sounds like dinner with the in-laws.)

Re: A organise my devalue gently (Gently? I’ll try. I love you baby….but you’re
just not worth it. How’d I do?)

Re: He know an organic swordsman (What? He duels with carrots?)

Re: you send in meteorite (What’s the address? I’ll have one drop in on you.)

keep your Eyesight, (Thanks! Don’t mind if I do.)

I turnon at lustrous (I turn on at lusty and shiny and nice.)

everything you need to know on steroids  (Ya but what should I know when I’m
not on steroids?)

Not smoke so rattlesnake (Damned Rattlesnake. Always hogging the peace pipe.
Give Running Dog a hit dude!)

Which give no underhanded narky (NARKS! WHERE?)

Tiredoffeelingfinanciallyunstable? (No, but I’m tired after I tried to read this shit.)

And the winner of the best of Round 2 is.............................

Goodbye to the Excess lnches (Lorena Bobbitt, is that you?)
The Mars Rovers
Galaxy Evolution Explorer
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Deep Impact
Cassini Huygens
Projectile Vomit Rant / Stupid Business Alert!
Finally! Something we really need. Phillips Electronics patented a device in March that (get this) could be used to prevent you
from changing the TV channel, when an ad is showing. WTF? AH HA HA HA HA!! Actually it's almost May so this is not a left
over April fools joke. Someone has got to tell me what the idiot who thought this up was thinking? We want a chip that keeps
the commercials away, not one that makes us look at them. Phillips said that viewers could turn off the feature with a
broadcasters fee. Hmmm... the money pitch. Now we have a motive. They claim it was never intended to be used. I guess they
just had some R&D money floating around. In their defense they say it could also be used to block commercials. So how does
that work? We just get to look at a black screen for 5 minutes every 4 minutes. Great. Details can be found
here
Details Below
RANT
WARNING!
RANT
WARNING!
Report: 88 percent of PCs Infected With Spyware

By Wolfgang Gruener, Senior Editor

May 3, 2005 - 17:59 EST

Chicago (IL) - Software company Webroot has released an updated version of its "State of Spyware" report. The firm found that 88
percent of PCs are infected with some sort of spyware. While the penetration of system monitors decreased from the last quarter, Trojans
apparently are more likely to attack PCs.

Spyware continues to be one of the most significant threats for Internet users, at least according to this newly published report. Since the
company is a developer of anti-spyware software, Webroot may be a biased, but the research findings are nonetheless concerning.
Results were creating by collecting information from more than one million scanned consumer PCs and more than 35,000 corporate
computers.
Full Article here.

WTF? You gotta be kidding? 88%. What is up with that people? That is so totally unnecessary. I get no spyware, no viruses,
and no Trojans, worms, whatever. My systems security is made up of totally free security programs. How does this happen?
I'll tell you how it happens. It's a purely human condition called laziness. That and horn dogs cruising sleaze ball porno sites.
But with the porno, at least they have an idea what the consequences are. Those sites wreak of spyware and malware. They
smell stronger than a wet goat. But I guess that's the price you have to pay if you want a Russian bride, or the pool boy next
door. LOL

Anyway, how many of you take the time to read the EULA's. The end User Licensing Agreements you have to agree to in
order to install programs. The fact is most crap wear isn't surreptitiously installed on your computer. Nope. You agree to let
them install it. Some are less insidious than others, but they still are sneaks. And I hate sneaks. Most people just keep
pressing that "next" button on the installer without looking. Let's take an example of a nice safe program that a lot of people
use. AIM. The AOL Instant Messenger. When you rip through the windows you zip right past the place that changes your
home page to Netscape. Sure they give you a little box to check. The problem is, the scum bags have it checked by default.
You have to tell them no instead of saying sure, like it should be. And just where in the EULA does it say you OK them adding
links for AOL Broadband to your favorites folder, your links folder in Favorites, your quick launch bar, and your desktop, your
PROGRAM FILES? I use AIM to talk to my son, otherwise I wouldn't even have it on my computer. And now that instant
messaging programs are starting to spread viruses, I'm tempted to get him a cell phone. These people don't get it. That
pisses people off. I for one anyway, want to control what's on my computer.

Then we have the third part crap. The internet is/was designed to allow the free flow of information. Free means no cost.
Disclosing information is a cost.

The Sad Saga Of The Los Angeles Times Editorial
(or How I Learned To Hate The News)

I want to read an article in the Los Angeles Times. Before I can read this news story I have to fill out a form? They want my
address, phone number, annual salary? WTF do they need to know how much I make, in order for me to read a friggin news
article. And I have to agree with crap like this?

"From time to time, we may send you e-mail announcements on new features, products and services from latimes.com and
selected advertisers and affiliates. Sending you occasional advertising and announcements is necessary for us to continue
providing our rich news content. We will try to limit the amount of advertising you receive. Information is used as described in
our Privacy Policy. Some advertisers may prefer to contact you directly. Please check this box if you prefer not to be e-mailed
directly by advertisers unaffiliated with latimes.com. Note you may continue to receive certain other e-mail from latimes.com
and our Affiliates as described in our Privacy Policy."

Notice how you have to check the box if you don't want it. And who are these 3rd parties? People selling you vacations, cars,
clothing, and God knows what else. And to top it off once the Times gives your E-mail address to one of their "selected
advertisers, and affiliates" who will sell it to spammers who end up filling your box with crap like the stuff before this rant.
Well no you don't want that so you uncheck the box. OK we're cool now right? Wait. What does that say?
 Note you may
continue to receive certain other e-mail from latimes.com and our Affiliates as described in our Privacy Policy.
So even if I
don't want the crap, I'm gonna get it anyway? JUMPING JESUS ON A POGO STICK!!!! And this my friends is an internationally
recognized news organization. But damn that article is a Times Editorial, and you really want to read it bad. So you submit to
the indignities and register so at long last you can read this stupid story. Now that they have all this information, they have
told you what they will do with it. But do you know what limitations or restrictions they have on using your information? How
far can they legally go? Well it's buried in the fine print of their privacy policy.

User-Provided Information and Content. By providing information to, communicating with, and/or placing material on,
latimes.com, including for example
communication during registration, communication on any latimes.com bulletin board,
message or chat area, posting any resume or other content, placing any classified advertisement, entering any sweepstakes,
etc., you represent and warrant: (1) you own or otherwise have all necessary rights to the content you provide and the rights
to use it as provided in this Terms of Service; (2) all information you provide is true, accurate, current and complete, and does
not violate these Terms of Service; and, (3) the content will not cause injury to any person or entity. Using a name other than
your own legal name is prohibited (except in those specific areas of latimes.com that specifically ask for unique, fictitious
names, e.g., certain message boards and chat rooms).

Wait we're not done yet.

For all such information and material, you grant TI, its affiliates and related entities, including latimes.com and its affiliated
newspaper, a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, copy, modify, display, archive, store,
distribute, reproduce and create derivative works from such information, in any form, media, software or technology of any
kind now existing or developed in the future. Without limiting the generality of the previous sentence, you authorize TI to
share the information across all Tribune Company affiliated Web sites, to include the information in a searchable format
accessible by users of latimes.com and other TI Web sites, and to use your name and any other information in connection
with its use of the material you provide. You also grant TI the right to use any material, information, ideas, concepts,
know-how or techniques contained in any communication you send to us for any purpose whatsoever, including but not
limited to developing, manufacturing and marketing products using such information. All rights in this paragraph are granted
without the need for additional compensation of any sort to you.

Now tell me. Do you REALLY want to read that story?
EULAlyzer   this is a nice program that scans those End User License Agreements (EULA's) looking for nasties and things
you wouldn't want to install, as well as wording that gives them questionable rights. Check it out. It's cool and it's free

Another one that pisses me off is UbiSoft. They ask you to register your game with them. Of course you can say no. Then
they say are you sure? You can register later if you want. Then they give you options. One of the options is never register. So
why is it I say I never want to register, but still have the registration information written to my registry. Yep right there in
HKEY/Current User/Software. Just below AOL Broadband, and a few more places as well. Is it so easy to make a 1.3GB game
but not have the programming ability to keep that out of my registry if I say no. What part of no, gets them so excited they
have to do it anyway. Couldn't they look at the pool boy next door instead?

It might please you to know however that the Attorney General of New York is going after a few really big spyware companies,
that actually do install the crap without your permission. Like Intermix based here in Los Angeles.

Spitzer Tackles Spyware
State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today sued a major Internet marketer, saying the company secretly installed ad-delivery
programs on millions of home computers.

Mr. Spitzer's office said the suit against Los Angeles-based Intermix Media Inc., which offers free downloads of screensaver
and game software, is the most sweeping case to date involving "spyware" and "adware"--programs that redirect Web
addresses, add toolbars and deliver pop-up ads on users' computers. He says Intermix secretly downloaded more than 3.7
million advertising programs to New Yorkers alone.
Full article here

Whoa! 3.7 Million! That's a lot of spyware. And that's just in New York! Man I'm trippin' out on that big time. If you go to my Hot
Links page and check out Spyware Guard, you will be looking at a program that is only 1.4MBs in size,is free, and would have
stopped every one of those toolbars and browser helpers from getting installed. How? It's easy. When a program tries to
install one of those, a little window pops up. Not some big weighty program, just a simple little application that asks if this is
what you want. I just tried to change my home page to MSN to get the window to pop up so I could print it. Take a look at it.
Simplicity and perfection in design.




This is so simple to do. And it can save tons of grief. Believe me. Some of these spyware programs and search bars are so
hard to remove, it's actually easier to just reinstall your operating system. The worst one is Cool Web Search. Those people
need to be put in jail. IMO No not just put in jail, but put in a cell with the pool boy from next door. No better still, a 350 pound
toothless serial rapist hillbilly named Beelzebubba, who announces proudly to everyone in the exercise yard, that he has a
new old lady.
I could go on and on, but I'm starting to get angry. I'll keep this rant up for awhile before I change it. Unless I get angry sooner
than that. In fact I'll just leave it up. We'll call it a sticky rant
Why Are Spammers So Stupid?
Spammers Attack My Site!
I can't believe this crap! WTF is wrong with these brain damaged pricks? I just want a little web site where I can have some
fun. Entertain and maybe meet some nice people. But no these mofo prick spammers have to screw it up for me. I wish I
could get my hands on one of them and rip them a new orifice. SIGH..........

Anyway, I have gotten a couple of weird responses from my contact me form on the site. Nonsense messages. I wrote the
previous ones off to idiots goofing on my site. But this one was different. The body was a partial copy of some random news
story. And it included BCC addresses, (for forwarding to multiple addresses). So I did a search for some info I got off the
E-mail headers using
Sam Spade. I googled them and that took me to this article.

Interesting Crack Attempt to Relay Spam ~Anders Brownworth - Fri, Jul 8, 2005
I'm seeing an interesting new attack on my website where the attacker is hoping to exploit unchecked fields in a "web to email"
form. The attack works by assuming a field used in an email header (such as the "From:" address or the "Subject:") is passed
unchecked to the mail subsystem. Appending a newline character and a few more carefully crafted header lines with a BCC list
and a spam message body might trick the underlying mail system into relaying spam for the attacker. An initial test sending a
BCC copy to killerhamster@punkass.com has been used on most forms on my site to phish for vulnerable scripts. I had an old
perl script which didn't check for new lines in the "email" field which alerted me to the problem and allowed me to quickly fix it. If
you run a site, you should check and strip fields for carriage return and newline characters used directly in email headers.

Details of this attack:
This is an attempt to exploit my comments form. There are many hits from a number of different IPs which I assume are other
compromised hosts. Form field data is presented between brackets in the example hit below. Notice how the email field
contains a newline character and finishes off the email header fields. It even has Multi-Part support. Impressive!
Source for article

So basically, what's going on here is, they are sending me spam advertisments, and attaching other addresses to them.
Since my web host is the one who gets the E-mails, and then forwards them to me, the attached addresses are getting
forwarded by the host as well. The spammers are using my web host as a spam server. Meanwhile I've shot off a bunch of
E-mails to my host (SBC YAHOO! Web Hosting) trying to explain to them what's going on, but I have heard nothing from them
so far. In all fairness to them though, I have a feeling they aren't getting what's happening. Either that or it hasn't proliferated
to the point where they care.

Meanwhile, back at my inbox I have 20 E-mails. Now this is why I know they are uneducated, misanthropic, butt ugly, ain't
about shit, punks! They all are ads, trying to get me to
BUY THEIR PRODUCT!!! DUH! HELLO? That's like your waiter at a
fancy restaurant coming up to your table, saying "So what are you bitches gonna have?" and then expect a tip!

The product they are trying to sell is called "Hoodia". Some kind of weight loss crap. It's probably a scam. That's why even
the official product site they link you to, doesn't even have contact info. And they expect people to pony up their credit card
numbers to buy this stuff. What a scam! I am also contacting the
Federal Trade Commissions Online Complaint Center.  They
have complaint forms for Spam, Identity Theft, and other fraud related problems if you need it. Also most ISPs have abuse
addresses to forward stuff.
Hoodia Gordonii is a plant that grows in Africa and the Middle East. It was discovered back in 2004 to have appetite
suppressent properties. It was even featured on a 60 minutes show. It's rare and it's expensive. And it's the perfect thing for
working a scam, or running game as they say in my neighbor-hood!
Anyway back to my friends at Hoodia. If you get any E-mails from The Miracle Drug Hoodia, better check and see if your
wallet is still in your pocket. Spammer wares are damaged goods, like their messengers. Don't support them by buying their
products. These people use a lot of tricks to hide their identities. In fact they are way to clever for me to find out who they are.
By the way, if you would like to send this clever person that has been spamming me any hate mail, be my guest. His name is
John. Here is his E-mail address. Like I said spammers are stupid. I have 20 E-mails from him and he has 75 from me! LOL!
homersimpsonbody@yahoo.com
By the way. Here's your tip John!
Hoodia Update: Haven't heard from them in over a week. Since they listed a company in New
York, with a fake address on their domain registration form, I sent them a copy of the E-mails I
sent to the N.Y. Attorney Generals office, and the I.R.S. with the company name attached
telling them to see if this guy is paying his company taxes. Yes! I guess they got my message.
Never piss off a Scorpio if you don't want to get stung!
The Mamas & The Papas - Look Through My Window
And the rain beats on my roof...
And it does not ask for proof...
It's not that lovers are unkind;
She always said there'd come a time
When one would leave and one stay behind.
We both knew people sometimes change
And lovers sometimes rearrange;
And nothing's quite as sure as change---
And the rain beats on my roof...
Look through my window To the street below;
See the people hurrying by
With someone to meet, some place to go---
And I know I should let go...
Was it something I said?
I've had a lot of stuff going on since the Hoodia episode. As some of you may know I tout my site as an ad free zone.
However, the spammers with their web bot / crawlers, continue to spam my guestbook. It makes no difference to them that
the site links they post never get that far as to be posted in the guestbook pages. I'm not adverse to someone pushing his
small personal site url. But these guys are strictly commercial. The links they post redirect you to search pages with links to
companies like shopzilla, bizrate, overstock.com, and even Neiman Marcus. Neiman Marcus has items in their catalog
that cost over $1 Million US, but they need to steal my bandwidth to advertise? FUCK THEM! So I'm going after them.
Update:
Well this is how it works. This latest escapade was being perpetrated by the same person. He was creating many different web
sites from different hosts using fake personal info. I am hard pressed to see why these hosts can't do a better job screening
their customers. Well I started out by sending nice e-mails asking them to stop the spamming. No action was taken by any of
them. So I created a Guest Spammer Page and started posting their links that were redirecting to this guys many search sites. I
then sent them a few e-mails containing such foul epithets directed toward them that they finally responded saying it wasn't
their problem. I said fine and sent one of them a bill for $1800 for ad fees. Well that sure got their attention. They wrote back
saying they had closed the accounts. So I sent them about 50 more to close.
Now all this is fine but the guy is still spamming me from a bunch of different accounts. Now like I said on my home page, I'm no
IT guy so I'm pretty much winging it here. Then I had a revelation. At the bottom of every e-mail was the host servers address.
That address was the same for every one of this guys malicious spams. REMOTE_HOST: 205.234.132.47. So I used
samspade.org and did a whois on the address and came up with an outfit in Chicago called ServerCentral. I sent them an e-mail
explaining what I had been going through. They responded immediately saying that was one of their customers and they would
tell him to stop. Ya. Uh right. so Thursday came and went, then Friday. By Monday I had about 20 new ones, so I sent them off a
second e-mail asking for the name of the client. What I got back was the following
From: "ServerCentral Abuse Desk" <abuse@servercentral.net>
As of yesterday this system has been forcefully removed from our network. Thanks for your patience.

Oh no! THANK YOU!!! How friggin sweet is that? I only wish I knew for sure if they had honored my one request to let their
customer know who I was. I wanted this prick to know who shut him down. Of course this guy isn't out of business. He's got
new hosts and is still doing the same thing, I am sure. This wasn't a war, nor even a battle. Just a brief skirmish in the spam
wars. But I learned one thing growing up in the hood.
NEVER BE A PASSIVE VICTIM!

Well the idiot tried again. This time he spoofed the remote host, but I tracked him down and shut him down again. It's been 3
weeks without a spam. I still have my
Guestbook Special Spammers Edition page, waiting for the next guy. But like I said I'm a
scorpio and I get even. Shutting down this pricks server connection was just the first move. I am now going to start contacting
all the companies that link to his search engine, to let them know how he operates. I wanna hurt him bad. And the best place to
do that is in the wallet. Wish me luck!
These CoolWebSearch People Need Castration!
CoolWebSearch and Massive Identity Theft Ring.
First off, let me say again, never download browser helpers or search bars, if you aren’t real familiar with who
they are and what they do. Now on to the CoolWebSearch rant.

This program is without question one of the most insidious spyware programs on the web. It continues to increase in
complexity to thwart any attempts to detect and or remove it. The first tool designed specifically to remove it was CWShredder
by
merijn.org. The same person who developed HijackThis. The program was free. Eventually it came to the point where the
programs creator had to release the following statement:

“While it's been easy and even fun keeping CWShredder up to date, the recent variants are a living hell. The people who wrote
the latest variants of the trojan surpass the older variants by far. - Resident DLLs from the about:blank, res://xxxx.dll or invisible
variants cannot be removed by CWShredder or HijackThis. - Variants like f0r0r that are protected by Hacker Defender cannot be
removed by CWShredder or HijackThis.”

In other words he couldn’t keep up. Thankfully CWShredder is now controlled by TrendMicro and hopefully they have enough
manpower to keep up with the variants. Then CoolWeb moved into Rootkits.
(See my
Performance page for Rootkit info.) Now the latest in the continuing saga of the sickness that is CoolWeb.
Earlier this week Spyware Researchers at Sunbelt Security loaded a copy of CoolWebSearch onto a computer. What follows is
the results of that:

Spyware researchers picking apart one of the more notorious spyware programs have stumbled upon what appears to be a
massive identity theft ring hijacking confidential data from millions of infected computers.
Sunbelt Software Inc., makers of the enterprise-grade CounterSpy spyware protection product, made the discovery during an
audit of "CoolWebSearch," a program that routinely hijacks Web searchers, browser home pages and other Internet Explorer
settings. During the research, Sunbelt researcher Patrick Jordan installed the "CoolWebSearch” application on a machine and
immediately noticed that the infected system became a spam zombie that was placing callbacks to a remote server.
When Jordan visited the remote server, he was shocked to find that it was being used to distribute sensitive personal
information from millions of PC users infected by the spyware application.
"We found the keylogger transcript files that are being uploaded to the servers. We're talking real spyware stuff…chat sessions,
usernames, passwords, bank account information, full names, addresses," said Sunbelt president Alex Eckelberry.
In an interview with Ziff Davis Internet News, Eckelberry said the sophistication of the operation suggests it's the work of a
"massive identity theft ring" that used keystroke loggers to grab confidential information that could be used to create fake
online identities.
"I'm not being dramatic. This is the most repulsive thing I've ever seen. It's very painful to see what's in these log files that are
being uploaded in real time. We're seeing a lot of bank information and usernames and passwords to get in," Eckelberry said.
He said the log files included logins to one business bank account with more than $350,000 and another small company in
California with over $11,000, readily accessible.
"There are lots of eBay account information and names and addresses of the people owning those accounts. Names,
passwords, all matched up," Eckelberry added.
He said the server, which is hosted out of a data center in Texas, was effectively a "massive repository of stolen data" that was
being replenished in real time.
"As the [log] file gets to a certain size, it gets taken down and a new file starts generating. This goes on nonstop.
We've been
watching it for a few days while trying to get to the FBI
, and it just keeps growing and growing."
While the site is being hosted in the United States, Eckelberry said the domain name is registered to an offshore company.
Eckelberry said the huge size of the log files is a clear indication that thousands of machines are pinging back daily.
In some cases, where users appeared to be at immediate risk of losing a considerable amount of money, Sunbelt has contacted
the affected individuals.
Eckelberry said the "CoolWebSearch" payload included a typical adware download that immediately scanned the infected
machine for e-mails to use for spam runs. It then sets up a "very intelligent keylogger" that looks for very specific information.
"This won't get caught by a typical anti-spyware application," he said, noting that the keystroke logger was able to pick up
identity-related data for delivery to the remote server.

Today Sunbelt released some more info:

The spyware keylogger, named Srv.SSA-KeyLogger, was being used to hijack confidential data from millions of infected
computers and send the information back to a remote server controlled by an identity theft ring.
According to Sunbelt president Alex Eckelberry, the keylogger is a small program from the Dumador/Nibu family of Trojans.
He said the executable runs under the cover of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer browser, making it difficult to detect by
software of hardware firewalls. The keystroke logger has been programmed to shut down the firewall that ships with Windows
XP and steal data from the IE "Protected Storage Area." The program also hijacks data from the Windows clipboard and
uploads all the stolen data to a remote Web server controlled by an unknown ring of identity thieves.
Ziff Davis Internet News has confirmed that the data being sent to the Web server included chat sessions, user names,
passwords, bank account information, full names, addresses, eBay and PayPal account information.
The logs being sent to the server also include logins and passwords from a number of software programs, including
WebMoney, Far Manager and Total Commander. According to Eckelberry, the keylogger also modifies the host file to block the
infected machine from accessing anti-virus programs.
Because the keylogger is programmed to hijack data from the IE "Protected Storage Area," Eckelberry recommends that IE
users turn off the browser's "AutoComplete" feature.
That can be done by unchecking the pre-checked boxes via Tools > Internet Options > Content.
According to Eckelberry, the data stored in that IE feature is very lucrative for identity thieves.
The browser's AutoComplete tool is used to store all data entered on HTML forms when purchasing products over the internet
or filling out personal information like addresses, phone numbers, and Social Security numbers.
It also has a feature that stores usernames and passwords for Web sites that require you to login.
One example of this is online banking Web sites that include Web-based mail servers like Hotmail or Gmail, he explained.

Sunbelt released details of the keylogger today. They also made available a free tool to scan for the keylogger.

WOW!
"We've been watching it for a few days while trying to get to the FBI."
Watchin it for A FEW DAYS? WTF? Why does it take so long for the government to get on this kind of shit? And if the Feds get
off their ass quick enough to catch these guys, what should be done with them. People that cause misery to millions of victims.
MILLIONS! Should we hang them by their balls? Should we prosecute them under the current laws (and maybe they will get a
few years with a plea bargain)? Personally I think we should just hand them over to the Identity Theft victims, and let them suffer
their fate. If the server was in Texas then hopefully they can be prosecuted under Federal AND State law. Give them a little
"double up" action like they say here in the neighbor-hood. As for CoolWebSearch, I will not miss seeing them go. From a
technical point of view, I would suggest, if you have CoolWeb on your system, to wipe your hard drive and reinstall the OS.
Since there are aspects of this program undetectable by anti-spyware programs, it's best to be sure. And if unlike me, you are a
religious person, maybe you might want to say a prayer asking that they get what they so richly deserve. A spot in the church
choir, singing
Castrato
$$$ Spyware..... Follow The Money $$$
The Hidden Money Trail
Those programs that pelt you with ads and bog down your PC are financed by some of America's largest companies!
A 10 part Special Report by Dan Tynan and Tom Spring  From the November 2005 issue of PC World magazine
I"m not going to get into this but it always amazes me that even though everybody hates this stuff, companies still pay money to use it. What may surprise
you is what companies they are. Most deny knowledge that their ads are being presented that way and swear they don't tolerate it, but what company do
yo know that spends millions on advertising but doesn't know how it's spent. More corporate bull shit. BIG TIME! Read this article. It may surprise you
about who's who. Use the links at the bottom of the article to read other sections of the report.
The Hidden Money Trail
Wanna win a free iPod do you? Better read this story first!
Co. to Pay $1.1M to Settle E-Mail Case
By MICHAEL GORMLEY, Associated Press Writer March 12th 2006
ALBANY, N.Y. - A company accused of using unauthorized personal data "mined" by other firms from about 6 million e-mail addresses
nationwide has agreed to reform its practices under a $1.1 million settlement, New York officials said Sunday. Datran Media Corp. of New
York City, a leading e-mail marketer, used e-mail addresses and other personal data it obtained from several companies, New York
Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's office said. The settlement was scheduled to be announced Monday.

The Internet "customer acquisition" companies proclaimed on their Web sites that they wouldn't lend or sell the information provided.
Consumers were often enticed to reveal their names, addresses and financial data in exchange for
free iPods and DVD's

Spitzer accused Datran of knowing of the companies' pledges, but spamming those consumers with unsolicited e-mails anyway,
advertising discount drugs, diet pills and other products. Spitzer's staff said they believe it is the largest deliberate breach of Internet
privacy discovered by U.S. authorities.

"We have always been and remain committed to industry best practices," Datran spokesman Mark Naples said. "Therefore, we are
pleased to resolve this matter with the attorney general and are gratified that his office worked collegially with us."

Naples said Datran never received financial data and never sent e-mails regarding discount price drugs. He said that although 6 million
e-mails are involved, that doesn't represent 6 million people.

Spitzer's probe began after an Internet security assurance company raised a concern, said Assistant Attorney General Karen Geduldig.

"Personal information equals marketing dollars," Spitzer said. "You learn more about consumers who you want to target in a hundred
different ways and there's nothing wrong with that if you get the information properly."

Many of the operators request personal data that can be used in marketing and for companies to better tailor their products to
consumers' needs and wants. Often, the operators of the sites promise not to sell the name or e-mail address that accompanies the data.
Find out more at Spitzers site:
http://www.oag.state.ny.us

There used to be a bumper sticker back in the '70's that said "Cash, Grass, or Ass. Nobody rides for free" Referring of course to
hitch hikers. Well that pretty much sums up all these free things on the web as well. I'll tell you. If this Spitzer guy runs for
president, I just might vote for him. Do you think this has some urban myth thing going on? What I hear is usually something
like "I know a guy who won one. Well...I don't actually know him, but this friend of my friends does."
Neutron Star SGR1806-20  Dec.27th, 2004. Cosmic Explosion Among the Brightest in Recorded History!
Click
here for the story. Click Image for 3000x2025 resolution.  NASA Animation
V838MON by Hubble
A Cosmic Ying Yang
The Swan Nebula
Hubble
A composite Chandra X-ray
(blue) and Palomar infrared (red
and green) image of the
supernova remnant W49B
The Sun on a quiet day
NASA
The Horsehead Nebula
ESO
Mt. St. Helens One week after
blowing steam and ash. March
15th 2005. From the JPL's
ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne
Thermal Emission and
Reflection Radiometer) on
NASA's Terra Spacecraft. Larger
1595X1498 image
here
Some cool space Images.
Click on Thumbnails for larger images
Was that Purple Haze or
Monterey Purple?
Jupiters Moon Io
Saturn From Voyager
Some Art work from NASA/JPL artists.
Man these guys are good
Walking The Walk! Repairing Hubble
The Shuttle in orbit
Oh Goody! More Stupid E-mails

You've made it. Now you can apply online for a brand name unsecured
credit card
(If I can make one, why would I wanna apply for one?)

Peniss Growth Patches are here!...expansionhello (I hope they aren’t the
sew on ones!)

P.enis Growth made simplejafrnaopt (Is that how you got the space in p enis?)

The most advanced PE pill available today (Where were you when I was flunking
PE in school?)

Re: As find at bedpan lubricious (Bed pan lubricant? Ewwwww!)

Secret to attracting beautiful women! (That’s no secret. All you need is a Porsche
and a platinum card.)

You find the property, we'll pay for it (Ya but who’s gonna own it?)

At understand go pizza steamship (Doesn’t the crust get wet and gooey?)

large thlghs please go away (You first)

Caard companies and collectors will not bother you. (I know. It’s called cash
and carry.)

Jack Rabbit Vibrator Features: (Let me guess. A furry little tail?)

To organise do harmonica trafficker (does the DEA handle harmonica
possession for distribution?)

Show her who is boss (OK. Hey baby! Come here and look in this mirror.)

Say bye bye to those american thighs (took my Chevy to the levee…..)

To shy to smile (As long as that’s all you’re shy about baby, you’re forgiven.)

Two hundred and thirty thousand dollars for only $320/month (For the
rest of your life)

Be ask an larceny vertebra (And here I thought it was just a herniated disc)

Re: her use of psittacosis (She quit that. She’s into vegetables now. Zuccini for
dinner again?)

Last chance to supercharge your performance! (Just find me a good blower, and
you keep the supercharger.)

Fwd: You can get the watches you have dreamed about! (Not interested. How about
the girl I’ve been dreaming about?)

don't say later that I didn't tell ya about this lendieng agency (Don’t say later I
didn’t warn you about your shitty spelling.)

Full of health? Then don't click! (An offer I can’t refuse.)

Stronger, More Powerful Climaxes (Tell her. I’m into orgasms)

Melt the fat away, like butter (All the flavor is in the fat. Ask any cook.)

67% of members got laid (And the other 33% got the ugly one)

Surprise your woman with a big onexytelplj (Damn! That would surprise me too. What
the hell is a onexytelplj anyway?)

Pimpware (Well schnitzel my dritzell.)

YOU WILL SEE IMMEDIATE SIZEGAIN ON UR SMALL BROTHER (I don’t care about
his. What about mine?)

You are lost as of September 15th (You are deleted as of now!)

"Each GOOD business starts from GOOD domain name!" (c) Yanus P. Nevstruev
(Ah Yanus, there’s something I’ve been meaning to tell you about your name.)

two girls waiting to meet you (Finally an E-mail I can open. Where? When?)

soaking in good spermatazoa (GROSS! Don’t those wiggly little tails tickle?)

Medicines for men before Valentine Day !!! (Don’t look now moron, but it’s March 3rd)

finish his desire (Then tell him to go to Finland. Don’t bother me with his problems)

Re: potod news (Damn I thought it said pot news)

Critical updates for your Property (Ummmm….Microsoft doesn’t own my house.)

Your Private Incrimination records (SHIT! How the hell did you get those?)

Eat not to dullness, drink not to elevation (Smoke not to oblivion? Nah!)

Penis Pill That Works (I could use the cash. What does it make per hour?)

tuition cordite theocracy (Wait a sec. You want me to pay money to learn about
explosives from a priest?)

And the best of this bunch?.......................

Just checking in (OK Now you can check out.)
This is so nice to have a place to rant! I feel like I don't have to walk around talking to myself anymore. Maybe I should have
called it the Therapy Page? NAH! Rant just feels good! Although it won't be specifically about ranting. That's where the stuff
parts come in. Anyway this is going to be a page that changes a lot. Kind of like a Blog that doesn't take itself too seriously. Gee!
I guess that would make it kind of like my life then. From Star Dust we came, and to Star Dust we will return. In the Cosmic
Scheme, our life here has but an instant to spark. The great people will flash like a Super Nova, while the rest just are
comfortable being a far off star that can be seen by telescopes only. When we die, for the majority of us, in a hundred years no
one will know we were even here. That's why I have chosen to follow the path I followed. My philosophy was summed up by
someone, I know not who. But whoever he was, he and I are kindred spirits. He said:

"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but
rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, margarita in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and
screaming, "WOO HOO what a ride!"
Thaumasia H Mars ESA / Doradus Nebula NASA