tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853493731081179357.post3941337542008356026..comments2016-06-20T16:12:05.979+10:00Comments on Welcome to HOL: Long lost friends asking you to do IQ tests? Just say NO!Anthony Hoganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05107637011427516949noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853493731081179357.post-20840494310574056862011-08-08T21:25:52.022+10:002011-08-08T21:25:52.022+10:00I had a friend doing this just now, and after bein...I had a friend doing this just now, and after being suspicious, I opened the link. Of course a few things were done pre-emptivly. I fired up malwarebytes and got my antivirus's browser sheild up and watched its status. When the link was clicked the only thing that changed was my browsing history, I checked the source code, and it was empty. 0kbs. Weird huh? I even commented at her with "Dude, you have a very fail virus" and she replied back with "lol no dont doubt me"Kirsten7767https://www.blogger.com/profile/00983333651648010981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853493731081179357.post-35663121996966163612011-01-21T15:00:00.101+11:002011-01-21T15:00:00.101+11:00Hey Robert,
Yeah, they'll come up with a new ...Hey Robert,<br /><br />Yeah, they'll come up with a new method - the emails I must admit I delete within maybe 2 seconds of reading the first sentence.. the problem with the IQ test one was that unlike emails it wasn't relying on spoofing an email (trivial) but upon hijacking people's IM accounts so the messages were being actually sent with authenticated accounts.<br /><br />Expect to see spim (Instant message spam) to take the fore more and more. That's not to say that newsgroups don't get spam anymore (everyone remember usenet/nntp?).<br /><br />Actually nntp leads onto another issue. How 'social' websites are slowly seeking to replace various protocols with their own closed, bundled experiences.<br /><br />SMTP, NNTP, IRC - on one hand, a lot of websites give a more cohesive experience than individual clients or even the multi-protocol ones could ever... but at the cost of choice. Definitely a post there :)<br /><br />Facebook allowing XMPP connectivity for chat is interesting - but as far as I can tell, Facebook isn't configured for federation.. another post in that too I reckon :)Anthony Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05107637011427516949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853493731081179357.post-51444910980676127142011-01-09T20:41:30.606+11:002011-01-09T20:41:30.606+11:00the latest method is the "you have received a...the latest method is the "you have received an e-card from a secret admirer e-mailAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11510025534519418886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853493731081179357.post-403254879254783892010-10-30T04:24:55.608+11:002010-10-30T04:24:55.608+11:00Got the same from a "friend" a few month...Got the same from a "friend" a few months ago, when I received the same chat sequence from her three times, and "she" would not answer any questions that would identify her, I emailed her and she got back, thanking me and telling me she had been hit with a virus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853493731081179357.post-63821775653409161772010-10-25T09:52:27.564+11:002010-10-25T09:52:27.564+11:00haha this is what just happened to me! my friend i...haha this is what just happened to me! my friend i havn't talkedto in about two years just random MSN messaged me saying "hi!" hmm... this is weird... haha then that exact conversation came up. i thought it was hilarious. i really wanna know who started this!!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07080767449292612407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853493731081179357.post-63186644496676797962010-10-24T00:48:49.399+11:002010-10-24T00:48:49.399+11:00Well unfortunately I klick, but nothing happend, j...Well unfortunately I klick, but nothing happend, just 404. Then I became suspicious too, pinged the IP, googled and here I am. <br />The bot even knows German xD<br />Did anyone find out what's behind this?!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02654167383461460330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853493731081179357.post-50729749107056894562010-10-19T02:16:34.783+11:002010-10-19T02:16:34.783+11:00i just got this, too! i got suspicious though when...i just got this, too! i got suspicious though when my "friend" didn't seem to be taking any hints and refused to answer me in our language (i'm from asia). would i have gotten a virus or something if i had been to stupid enough to click on the link?iseahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11116298012322080770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853493731081179357.post-91877020467356108512010-10-12T20:21:19.943+11:002010-10-12T20:21:19.943+11:00Noticed the same fishy thing goin' on here too...Noticed the same fishy thing goin' on here too.. I instantly didn't trust, seeing as this person hasn't been on for years, also when they did get on about 2 months ago they just spewed useless 'check out this pic' links. Put on firefox's 'noscript' and went strait to 404 page.. Funny to see the script almost exactly the same.. It was however on MSN instead of yahoo.<br /><br />I laughed when I pulled up a whois of the link<br />(whatsthisiq.com) and the address it gave was of an italian food place in CA.<br /><br />did a ping, snagged the IP and did a quick google search of it.. this is what came up.<br /><br />Anyways, glad to know that not everyone is a moron.<br /><br />-IkkyUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05919861441376542154noreply@blogger.com