Re: [meteorite-list] eBay's Spyware and Cookies
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[meteorite-list] eBay's Spyware and Cookies
Dear List Members, I was just cruising around eBay for about five minutes and my Internet Explorer popped up a message reading: To help protect your security, Internet Explorer blocked this site from downloading files to your computer. Click here for options... This pretty much confirms what I and others have said at the beginning of this thread, eBay IS downloading Spyware and Cookies on our computers. Looks like eBay wants to become Big Brother as well as a monopoly!! Be sure to run your Spyware and other software programs to rid your computers of their junk! Best regards, Greg Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection NaturesVault (eBay) [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.LunarRock.com IMCA 3163 Click here for my current eBay auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] eBay's Spyware and Cookies
wow. www.safernetworking.com for spybot SD free downloads. just ran it, though AFTER ebay use and no immed. threats found? --- On Tue, 12/2/08, Greg Hupe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Greg Hupe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [meteorite-list] eBay's Spyware and Cookies To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 3:24 PM Dear List Members, I was just cruising around eBay for about five minutes and my Internet Explorer popped up a message reading: To help protect your security, Internet Explorer blocked this site from downloading files to your computer. Click here for options... This pretty much confirms what I and others have said at the beginning of this thread, eBay IS downloading Spyware and Cookies on our computers. Looks like eBay wants to become Big Brother as well as a monopoly!! Be sure to run your Spyware and other software programs to rid your computers of their junk! Best regards, Greg Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection NaturesVault (eBay) [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.LunarRock.com IMCA 3163 Click here for my current eBay auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] eBay's Spyware and Cookies
There is no mechanism on a properly configured browser for a website to download software to your computer without your active consent. If you are using Internet Explorer (why would you?) it is possible to override the default setting and allow websites to quietly load ActiveX applications. But if you have your browser configured that way, eBay should be the least of your worries! Of course eBay uses cookies. Nearly every site does, and in the case of eBay they are essential to proper operation. If you are paranoid, you can always tell your browser to treat any eBay cookie as session only, meaning they'll get automatically deleted when you shut down. Chris * Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com - Original Message - From: mckinney trammell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; Greg Hupe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 1:36 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] eBay's Spyware and Cookies wow. www.safernetworking.com for spybot SD free downloads. just ran it, though AFTER ebay use and no immed. threats found? --- On Tue, 12/2/08, Greg Hupe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Greg Hupe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [meteorite-list] eBay's Spyware and Cookies To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 3:24 PM Dear List Members, I was just cruising around eBay for about five minutes and my Internet Explorer popped up a message reading: To help protect your security, Internet Explorer blocked this site from downloading files to your computer. Click here for options... This pretty much confirms what I and others have said at the beginning of this thread, eBay IS downloading Spyware and Cookies on our computers. Looks like eBay wants to become Big Brother as well as a monopoly!! Be sure to run your Spyware and other software programs to rid your computers of their junk! Best regards, Greg __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] eBay's Spyware and Cookies
On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 13:50:00 -0700, you wrote: There is no mechanism on a properly configured browser for a website to download software to your computer without your active consent. There is not an OS or browser avaiable that does not have security holes. Not only that, but there are multiple other applications that can be used to infect your system. Some known, but the ones you have to worry about are the ones that aren't known yet. You have a false sense of security. News from today: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/240255/apple-recommends-security-software-for-mac-owners.html from a week back: http://goodgearguide.com.au/article/268492 from a month back: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=6715 others: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1733 Jpegs? Not always safe. http://www.secureworks.com/research/threats/jpegvirus/ Video? Not always safe. http://ask-leo.com/can_i_get_a_virus_or_spyware_from_a_free_video_download.html Just because YOU can't imagine a way to get a virus/trojan/spyware into your computer doesn't mean that someone else can't imagine a way to get a virus/trojan/spyware into your computer. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] eBay's Spyware and Cookies
Serious security holes are increasingly rare, and increasingly being fixed before exploits appear. They don't represent a very big threat for people who keep their systems up-to-date and exercise a bit of common sense. In the context of this discussion, I am doubtful in the extreme that eBay is exploiting an unknown security hole to download software to their users' computers. Chris * Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com - Original Message - From: Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 3:26 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] eBay's Spyware and Cookies On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 13:50:00 -0700, you wrote: There is no mechanism on a properly configured browser for a website to download software to your computer without your active consent. There is not an OS or browser avaiable that does not have security holes. Not only that, but there are multiple other applications that can be used to infect your system. Some known, but the ones you have to worry about are the ones that aren't known yet. You have a false sense of security. News from today: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/240255/apple-recommends-security-software-for-mac-owners.html from a week back: http://goodgearguide.com.au/article/268492 from a month back: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=6715 others: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1733 Jpegs? Not always safe. http://www.secureworks.com/research/threats/jpegvirus/ Video? Not always safe. http://ask-leo.com/can_i_get_a_virus_or_spyware_from_a_free_video_download.html Just because YOU can't imagine a way to get a virus/trojan/spyware into your computer doesn't mean that someone else can't imagine a way to get a virus/trojan/spyware into your computer. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] eBay's Spyware and Cookies
Tagasaurus is simple malware. It has no way to install itself on a properly configured system. You need to download and run something carrying it. In this respect it is no different from most other malware. Doubleclick and Mediaplex do not download executable code to your computer. All they do is set tracking cookies that are used to analyze your traffic patterns. They are harmless, but you may nevertheless consider them a violation of privacy. If so, it is trivial in any browser to either block those cookies, or convert them to session cookies. There is a big difference between setting a cookie and downloading some kind of monitoring software! If eBay were actually doing the latter, it would be all over the news. Chris * Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com - Original Message - From: harlan trammell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 5:16 PM Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] eBay's Spyware and Cookies hitbox, tagasaurus, doubleclick, mediaplex, etc. ALL with AUTOMATICALLY UPLOAD themselves w/o your consent. they will reside in your unit until you discover+delete them. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
