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This is the second time in a week that I’ve removed a “web browser” called OneLaunch from a client’s computer. This was two different clients. In both cases, the client didn’t know how it got there. I’m still not sure how they’re downloading it, and without realizing it, approving the installation.
It’s a little dickens to get rid of. You can uninstall it, but then it’ll show up again after a reboot, so you have to find the loader file. The loader file for each client was different, so I can’t give you a simple solution here.
If you know what the “bait” is, I’d love to learn what it is my clients are clicking on to install this adware generator, so I can educate people not to click on it.
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Okay, I’m naive. And gullible. I just have to face the fact, and admit it.
So, here’s what’s going on. I have a pretty detailed spam filtering system for my email. I’m filtering on top-level domains (TLDs), keywords in the subject, keywords in the message body, and so on. Most messages go into a review folder before deletion, because I’ve made mistakes in the past with filtering parameters that were too broad.
Today, I had a brilliant idea: “I’m going to contact some of these people with compromised top-level domains and tell them, ‘Hey, someone is using your domain to send spam. It may be an employee computer that’s been compromised, or it may be an account in your email server that’s been compromised, but either way, I can find the problem and fix it for you.’”
Brilliant idea – or so I thought.
I picked an email, identified the TLD, and visited the homepage.
Uh-oh. It’s not a legitimate business. The website is a front. The whole TLD is owned by the spammer and exists for the sole purpose of sending spam.
So I picked another email, identified the TLD, and visited the homepage. Same thing. It sort of looks legitimate, but a lot of the “links” aren’t actually clickable.
All this time, I thought spam was coming from compromised businesses, and I’m sure some of it is. But a lot of it is from shell companies, not “real” domains at all.
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Adding more Wi-Fi access points does not create more bandwidth.
Adding more Wi-Fi access points does not create more bandwidth.
Adding more Wi-Fi access points does not create more bandwidth.
Adding more Wi-Fi access points does not create more bandwidth.
Adding more Wi-Fi access points does not create more bandwidth.
Adding more Wi-Fi access points does not create more bandwidth.
Adding more Wi-Fi access points does not create more bandwidth.#CallMeIfYouNeedMe #FIFONetworks +1 206-465-2422
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He did five tours in the Middle East. He came home with severe PTSD. He retired from the US Air Force a few years ago. He cut off communications with his mother and disappeared in 2020. She asked me to find him.
The dilemma with Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) research is “privacy versus information.”
His mother wants to know where he is, and if he’s doing okay. He apparently doesn’t want his mother to know those answers.
I took the job. Property records, voter registration, crime reports, obituaries, and of course, social media – there’s lots of publicly available information, if you have a few “starter” bits of information to work from.
I found him.
He moved to a different state in 2021. He owns a home. He’s married.
#CallMeIfYouNeedMe #FIFONetworks +1 206-465-2422