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Ok Cookie. You're doing a good job (y). I already filled in a 'Abuse report' @ Angelfire two days ago, but I'll leave it to you now :). I like to hear how the calls with the hosting companies turned out. I'll talk to you about it on MSN.

This post was edited on 03-19-2005 at 07:24 PM by user13774.
03-19-2005 07:23 PM
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Cookie, any updates?
03-20-2005 11:10 AM
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Update:

Got a mail back from Lycos (owner of angelfire):

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Hello,

Thank you for contacting the Lycos Network Abuse Department.

The account you have brought to the attention of the Lycos Network Abuse
Department was found to be in violation of our Terms and Conditions.  As
a result, it has been removed from our servers.  Thank you for reporting
it to us.

Please note that the creator of this page is in no way directly
associated with the Lycos Network or its web publishing products.  We
exercise no editorial control over the content posted by or the actions
of our users.  All users are expected to abide by our Terms and
Conditions, which can be found at the following URL:

http://www.lycos.com/lycosinc/legal.html

I hope you find that our prompt response to this situation addresses
your concerns.  If you have any questions or find more accounts that
require our attention please feel free to contact us again.

Sincerely,

Fred

Lycos Network Abuse Specialist
http://reportabuse.lycos.com
Thank you Lycos (y). :).

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Christ, he's up again :/
03-25-2005 11:26 AM
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I don't think it really matters anyways. Why would you want something that is just annoying. I had to reinstall windows just to stop the automatic messages being sent to my contacts.

Because of all the feed back on the abuse part, anyone who sent them a complaint, got an email....this usually never happens....I got mine 4 days ago.
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Hello,

I just want to provide some information on this program which I have done a viral analysis on.  It adds "C:\WINDOWS\Systray.exe" and "C:\Program Files\Media Access" as far as I can tell.  It appears as a Windows Installer Package but really is nothing more than a viral executeable.

I have submitted this file to McAfee AntiVirus Emergency Response Team (AVERT) and Symantec.  McAfee has responded by adding this to its "Potentially Unwanted Programs" list.  I feel it should be in there next virus definitions, they feel otherwise.  Symantec has yet to comment on the virus.

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Just avoid it,
Dane :).

Edit: My varient doesnt appear to do the same routine as Cookie's does.  Perhaps Cookie has a different varient.

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Hello,

I just want to provide some information on this program which I have done a viral analysis on.  It adds "C:\WINDOWS\Systray.exe" and "C:\Program Files\Media Access" as far as I can tell.  It appears as a Windows Installer Package but really is nothing more than a viral executeable.




isn't Systray.exe a windows executable needed to start windows...

see here: http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/p...sslibrary/systray/
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isn't Systray.exe a windows executable needed to start windows...
The genuine executable is not located in C:\Windows but in C:\Windows\System32 (on Windows XP).
03-26-2005 10:11 AM
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Youre right.. mine(win 2k pro) is locaded in C:\WINNT\System
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Yep, Tochjo is right, all the files I listed were created in a monitored environment at the time of analysis.

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