Subj : Re: Browser Scareware
To   : Barry Martin
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Sat Dec 03 2022 15:36:00

Barry,

 BM> Smart Move #1!

  You'd be surprised how many people fall for that ruse/scam.

 BM> I'm not so sure AdBlock Plus is all that good: when I first started
 BM> using it a few years back it did a good job and then as time continued
 BM> it seemed ot be allowing through more ads.  Read where it now has a
 BM> list of 'approved' (read: 'paid') ad it will let through.  A few months
 BM> ago I switch to uBlock and things have quited down again.

  I may try that...although I decided to zap the YouTube video folder, and
removed the ad blocker for it...as it wasn't doing it's job. I know they 
have to pay the costs, but for a 2 minute video, with a 90 second ad, it's
not worth watching. Yet, many websites (like Fox News) won't let you view
the site at all, unless you disable or delete the Ad Blocker. If I want to
look at videos or ads, I'll click on it myself...I don't like to be forced
to view it.

 BM> The spammers are persistent!  They could have created a delay payload:
 BM> load it months ago and let it sit idle until now.

  With Synchronet, I look into the FTP and Email session monitor for any
possible hack attempts, or they tried to use a TLS option that's not secure.
In that case, I block the IP address. Now, many of these bots repeatedly
slam the telnet port, but I have the maximum concurrent IP connections set 
to 1. Now, if it detects the first connect as a legitimate BBS logon, that
does NOT count against that total...such as if a husband and wife from the
same IP, are logging on to the BBS at the same time. In that case, that IP
address is allowed in.

Daryl

.... There are financial scams everywhere. Send me $100 for a list of them.
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