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RE: Popup security sales gimmick
From: "Optrics Engineering - Shaun Sturby, MCSE" <Shaun () Optrics com>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 11:30:11 -0700
Here is the source of the popup page. It looks like it does just that, open a iframe to display the local drive. <head> <style> a:link {font:8pt/11pt verdana; color:red} a:visited {font:8pt/11pt verdana; color:red} </style> <title>WARNING: No Privacy Protection Software Found</title> </head> <body bgcolor="white"> <FONT face="verdana" size=4> <font color="red">WARNING:</font> Privacy Protection Software NOT DETECTED</font> <p><font style="COLOR: black; FONT: 8pt/11pt verdana"><b>Your Internet habits are being recorded.</font><br> <font size="2"><a href="download.html">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD PRIVACY PROTECTION SOFTWARE</a></font></b> </p><BR> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1"> <tr> <td><script language="javascript"> if (navigator.appName=="Netscape" && navigator.appVersion.split(".")[0]==4) { document.write(""); } else { document.write("<p align='left'><iframe src='file:///C:/' height=350 width=600 marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 scrolling=no frameborder=0 vspace=2></iframe></p>"); } </script></td> </tr> </table> <h2 id="ietext" style="font:8pt/11pt verdana; color:black">209.115.181.213 - Privacy Protection Software NOT DETECTED<BR> </h2> <b><font size="2"><a href="download.html">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD PRIVACY PROTECTION SOFTWARE!</a></font></b> </body> </body></html> -----Original Message----- From: netsec novice [mailto:netsec9 () hotmail com] Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 7:54 PM To: security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: Popup security sales gimmick I ran into this popup and initially it concerned me. I thought I would post it here for confirmation on its validity. It appears to me that this site runs a script that simply displays your c: drive contents rather than actually being able to obtain the information. I could see how it could scare some people though. Check it out for yourself. http://www.interneteraser.com/error.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ IMail Server has scanned this e-mail for viruses using Declude Virus from Optrics.com
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