1) The question you have to ask yourself is when you access that site, did your browser prompt you before hand to whether to allow a "mysterious" file to be downloaded onto your computer? If it didn't, your browser security levels may not have been set high enough and the "mysterious" program may have found its way onto your hard drive. This could potentially, leave a "spyware" program on your hard drive alerting the hacker of your ip address, your open ports and/or execute viruses or password retrieval programs. The good thing is there is a free spyware detecting software from a company called Lavasoft and the program is called "ad-aware". Below is the link.
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
This is an excellent and free program that is easy to install. You will be surprised that you probably have loads of spy ware programs already running on your computer and it will remove some of these annoying programs safely from your hard drive.
2) If your browser did prompt you, alerting you of the download, then the downloadable program may not have found its way onto you computer. However, this doesn't mean that your ports weren't scanned and hacked. If you were not using a firewall and or the port scanning software that executed from the site was a good one, then your ports would have been scanned and hacked.
3) Dynamic ip address: If you have a dial up isp, then you probably have a dynamic ip address, so each time you log off and then logg on, you get a new ip address from your internet service provider. Thus the port scanning software that scanned and hacked your system would have to find your original ip address that you used when you hit that mischievous site. If you have a broadband connection from cable, or dsl or satelllite or whatever, then check to make sure you have a dynamic ip address. For windows users, you can change your ip address by clicking : start, then run, then type winipcfg, then make note of your ip address, and then click the release all button, and then click the renew all button, and then click ok. This should get you a new ip address from your isp provider. If it doesn't do it several times. Just make sure it is different from what it was when you hit the mischievous web site.
4) If you have a static ip Address, call you isp provider and request for an ip address change.
The whole idea is to prevent the hacker to get to your hacked ports from your ip address, and to get rid of any spyware programs that may have been left on your hard drive. If hacked, the user could remotely mess with your computer, load viruses, and/or retrieve passwords that were saved on your hard drive. I never let my operating system or programs remember or save passwords because they are saved onto specific files on specific locations on your hard drive, and they can be retrieved.
5) Get a virus scanner and scan your system. If you already have a virus scanner, update to the latest virus definitions.
5) Lastly , change your passwords after you clean your hard drive and/or if you feel your system has been compromised. Change it just to be on the safe side, gang.
These are just some concerns that I have and I just don't want anybody from the crx forum to fall prey to whatever shannigans that are being played on us. I am not a security or computer expert or anything like that. I just read and learn just like any body else. If someone has more to add or to correct me about some of my comments, please let us know because it will greatly be appreciated. Maybe that site may have been a hoax site and things may not have been bad at all. But hey, why not be prudent and just secure you system just in case.
Good luck and long live the Rex.
Ken
90si
At 01:09 PM 27/06/2002 -0400, you wrote:
Maybe someone else can clear this up for us all, but if I'm not mistaken the actions that this child has taken are felonious, and can be investigated by the FBI. Any attempts to hack a computer are illegal, and this kis should be reported to the proper agencies to keep that kind of scum off the internet.
-M
From: Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Warning!!!! Re: CRX: Pictures of my sweet 1991 CRX SI 1.8ZC Motor
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 15:18:04 -0700
Warning!!!!!
I don't know what kind of mischief this guy is up to or what he is trying to prove, but when one enters the link that this character is trying to get people to go to it says " You have been Hacked" and then tries to execute/load a program. I wasn't about to look any further.
Just make sure you have your firewalls up and your virus scanners in place with your virus definitions up to date people.
Ken
At 04:41 PM 26/06/2002 -0400, you wrote:
check these pictures out of my 91 CRX SI
Let me know what you think?
<http://expage.com/page/pictureplace>http://expage.com/page/pictureplace
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