TOKYO (MacHouse) – We identified the first set of spam ads that were intended to direct Internet users to Mac-related websites in January 17. These spam ads indicated that two Mac-related websites, those of MacRumors (macrumors.com) and The Omni Group (omnigroup.com), were exploited for pharmacy spam. Today, a group of spam terrorists using various IP addresses including 87.69.76.164, 84.109.80.97, 84.109.80.111 and 84.109.108.147 circulated at least 10 spam comments in 10 hours to advertise spam posts appearing at forums.macrumors.com and forums.omnigroup.com. (See Screenshot 01-2) This large-scale spam ad circulation campaign started at 04:48 AM (US PST), January 23. Continue reading →

1週間ほど前、「マックでやる素人でもできる迷惑メール・違法サイトの根絶方法」をこのブログで紹介しました。今回はその第二弾です。第二弾と言っても、前回と大して変わっていませんが。。。

さて、今回の対象となるウェブサイトのドメインはwww.hf72.netです。詳しくは図1をご覧ください。そしてリンクをクリックしてみると。。。やはり性器を丸出しにした画像のある違法サイトです。（図2、デジタル再処理済み）再度言いますが、違法サイトです。つまり前回同様大切なのが、違法サイトであるということです。この迷惑メールを送っているのは、実際誰なのかわかりません。サイトの運営者か、または雇われ人、アフィリエイトのためか。。。でも違法サイトならどんな理由でこのメールが誰によって送られたのかは関係ありませんね。






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TOKYO (MacHouse) – Until recently, most career spammers were affiliates and nothing more. Typically, they posted links on forums and blogs to direct Internet users to online pharmacy stores or other websites to make commissions. So we call them affiliate spammers. These days, they seem to behave differently. Some of them aren’t necessarily posting spam comments in order to earn commissions.






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TOKYO (MacHouse) – Until recently, most career spammers were affiliates and nothing more. Typically, they posted links on forums and blogs to direct Internet users to online pharmacy stores or other websites to make commissions. So we call them affiliate spammers. These days, they seem to behave differently. Some of them aren’t necessarily posting spam comments in order to earn commissions.






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TOKYO (MacHouse) – We first reported the danger of dottunes.net‘s orange Flash ad brought by AdECN several days ago. A situation involving this Flash ad and malware-scan.com has changed dramatically. We now strongly advise that you avoid any website displaying this Flash ad because none of the ad companies involved with this Flash ad has done anything decisive to eliminate imminent danger.






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