Everyone should be aware by now that our hero has a trusty partner; Young Galina whom he still refuses to be named in his trusty blog. We've since learned she's up to her hips in this with him. "Managing" properties, directing rehabs. Besides, who's taking his picture?
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Speaking of hips... If Galina wants to work her way out of debt, I'm sure there's plenty of people here to give her a spin.
Let's assume that's she's... ahem... well practiced and able to charge $1200 a night. $600k in debt, divided by $1200 is 500 nights. With good scheduling she could get them into the black inside of two years.
Of course Casey would never consider this idea... unless... hmmm... Somebody needs to create a "Property Through Pimpin' University".
Casey, if you're reading this, you just need to do some "salty deals" before you get back to "sweet deals".
-rb
Has anyone else noticed disconcerting probes in their firewall lately?
Casey's blog had/has a trojan install. That's why I generally only use a Mac for surfing. Surely his monster numbers also make anyone's IP a target. Again, macs and a hardware router and I sleep at night. Just make sure the router doesn't have the model's default admin and password acct.
I’m not a Mac person (sorry guys). Definitely don’t have the default admin account on my router, but suspect the network I was connected to today did and was a bit disturbed with my findings. Perhaps a separate thread on the Trojan issues would be interesting…
M. Cote,
Yeesh! Now I'm going to have nightmares about Casey's scam turning out to be a very very elaborate phishing expedition for sensitive personal info.
That would be one amazing con. (After I change all my password and reinstall a firewall, any recommendations for easy to use PC firewall setups?)
No question that Galina is completely in on CS's con. In fact, I think his entire family and network of close friends are aware of what he did.
But I'm really scaring myself with this greater con idea. Could Casey and his backers be pulling a huge con? I really hope some tech savvy person will come to my rescue and assure me that the Trojan mentioned here is harmless.
He can't touch me. I doubt he's that advanced in anything outside of setting up websites and blogs.
Yes, i've noticed some interesting blocks on my firewall, but nothing to get worked up about.
As for my router, I use a password that isn't the admin one AND I set it up to deny pings and snoopy people.
My log shows nothing inbound.
My router is set up to disclose the person's IP who's doing the snooping. He tries, he will be discovered.
Someone alleged on IAFF:
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197. VIRUS ALERT
January 19th, 2007 at 3:08 pm
THIS WEBSITE CONTAINS BACKDOOR.TROJAN VIRUS.
PLEASE SCAN YOUR COMPUTER ASAP.
I HAVE TO DELETE THIS VIRUS AFTER I VISIT THIS WEBSITE EVERYTIME
ALERT
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231. Superman
January 19th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
I got that same computer virus.
Why include a virus on your blog??
Are you stealing our ID for yourself to be rich??
Superman
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Doesn't say much for Casey's cunning if he's let them through...on second thought, he's too dumb to pull a big con.
Robert, how about a little information on the "trojan install"?
I don't have a Mac, and am running Windows XP at home and work.
However, I am using Firefox. In addition to having good protection on the network side at work (I work for one of the largest companies in the world), I also have Black Ice the Defender on my workstation.
On my home machine, I am using Kaspersky Internet Security (which includes a firewall and a very good anti virus program)
I am also using a Firefox extension that blocks javascript.
The reason I am interested in which particular trojan is supposedly being installed is because my firewall logs don't show any unusual events.
Obviously my concern is that something could have gotten by my defenses, and a little information would be appreciated.
Hmm, I'm on a WinXP box, but Firefox + AdBlock + NoScript = relative safety and non-annoyance. In fact, I didn't even realize he had some Google Ads until the Great Yanking.
I use Firfox, Adblock, and Zonealarm. I, too, never knew Casey had ads until he mentioned them. There are no untoward intrusion attempts in my firewall logs. My virus scanner has detected nothing new. My spyware scanners show nothing except a few tracking cookies. The only thing I give up is my IP, because the inconvenience of surfing through TOR proxies bug me. Has anyone identified the trojan Casey has ostensibly planted to see if it is one often associated with Crapistan mobsters?
Another possibility is that he's getting a large enough audience, so that a couple people are coincidentally finding an unrelated virus on their computers around when they're browsing IAFF. They, of course, blame Casey because Casey's a crook, and we would believe he'd consider spamming people with viruses would be sweeeet.
Until someone actually presents more info on the virus -- and shows a point in the page's source code that would attempt to inject a virus -- Casey is probably innocent of the charge.
I'm feeling better about this virus after reading comments here. I use Firefox almost exclusively (there's a couple websites that just don't work in Firefox) and I should see all attempts to install anything on my computer.
Still, if there is a Trojan horse, that will certainly give Casey's "haters" yet another reason to wish ill upon him.
IP addresses alone would be pretty worthless to Casey, since he's not getting Google Ads anymore.
Anonymous @7:06 AM,
I'm sure Casey would find a way to justify a Trojan virus(which would allow him to access other people's computers). Here are somethings that he might say to himself:
a) I'm just hurting haters, it's their own fault for hating me so much
b) I need the money more than they do
c) I'm stealing information to pay off my debts. So the good act of paying off my debts will balance any bad karma.
d) I'm trying to protect Galina from a lifetime of white slavery. That's what would happen if I don't pay off my, ergh, most pressing creditor.
e) If I tithe 10% of my ill gotten gains, God will forgive me.
f) My friend XYZ said it's just a little probe and it's not gonna hurt anyone.
g) Hey, I got a juice diet commitment to keep up!
and so on.
Ok,
I am geeking out here. What trojan is he trying to place and what should I look for? Spybot found "omniture", symantec was clean..I am getting alot more spam emails even though
I have never provided my email address. I'm running firefox and a proxy switcher.
Should we not visit IAFF?
I use a bogus email address when leaving comments on Casey's site, so I can't speak to whether or not the emails are being harvested.
And remember, folks, CS is not an evil supergenius, he's a deluded fool. *IF* anything bad is going down via his site (which frankly I don't think is the case), it's most likely some third party, not CS himself.
@7:55AM
I think you're fine. A google on "Omniture" suggests that those are tracking cookies, and may come from elsewhere entirely; I don't consider it to be a high priority threat.
The spam problem is entirely different, and has nothing to do with IAFF (unless you gave Casey your email address). Spammers have simply gotten better at what they do. Consider this discussion over at Slashdot: http://it.slashdot.org/it/07/01/21/1249257.shtml
I'm the one who suggested that IAFF isn't responsible for the reported malware, and that it's more likely that the reports have to do with a large audience, a few of whom are infected with malware and who are running scans on their computer and blaming Casey for their (unrelated) problems. Actually, you just need one spurious report to get other people to run anti-malware scans, and some number of those people will then turn up malware and will naturally blame IAFF ("1. I saw a trojan report on IAFF... 2. I found a virus... 3. IAFF must be at fault" even though #3 doesn't follow from #1 and #2).
I'm not particularly concerned about visiting IAFF, though Rob's most recent post on general malware precautions is good: run Firefox, run antimalware programs, run certain Firefox extensions to block ads and scripts.
I’m not a programmer or work for the government except in waking hours yet I suspect Casey’s fish is fried.
Love,
The Interzone
Casey may have been under the impression that he could hide the true scope of his activities from his audience and the authorities. That assumption has been shattered. Apparently, he know little of the power of internet curiousity and how easily it can be satisfied. Time after time, he has been caught up by the most casual investigators, and his self-destructive, stupid involvement in any number of shady and idiotic things has been revealed. He may finally realize that he has assisted in his own personal goose-cooking. He can’t take it back. He has sloppily invited ruin and ruin has graciously accepted the invitation. Has this finally become evident to even our slow-witted, slack-jawed, dullard of a hero? Upon realizing too late what he’s done, will he perform the seppuku mandated by honor? Will we be able to watch it unfold in real time?
Casey flowchart:
http://www.freewebs.com/creepyoldman/CaseyChart.jpg
Damn it, that Casey Flow chart had me laughing out loud.
I want to nail Casey's Wife!
http://www.zweg.com/dump/thumblist.php?category=galina
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