In the last issue, in response to
a reader question about how to track down spammers and hackers, I told you
about www.allwhois.com . "Whois"
is a command that tells you "Who Is" behind a web site or registered IP
address.
If you get spammed or are hacked or have trouble with a site, you can use
a whois lookup to see where the spam or hacker came from, or to track down
a contact for a web site (See my
previous article)
As usual, a number of LangaList readers volunteered additional information
of other options. Man! The collective knowledge of you folks is awesome!
Here are some of the best emails:
- http://combat.uxn.com/
- For spam I use SpamCop
which not only identifies a numeric address from the Received header
but also supplies the abuse address for forwarding the spam.---Peter
- Fred: Regarding tracking down the owner of an IP address, here's a
link to my favorite tool - Network
Tracer. Scott Randolph
- Hi Fred, great Newsletter.. re: Hackers, NetIce.com
is a another good site to report them, see their methods...as well as
help keep your system secure. The URL for further Support is here.
Hope this can help some, these sites are really not for the novice or
the paranoid... but good info. Again, thanks for the Great Newsletter.---John
- Fred: In response to your article on tracking down a hacker, there's
a much easier way. If you download and install NukeNabber,
it will automatically perform a whois, finger (if possible), and tracert
on the person who tries to hack into your PC. When a hacker attempts
to gain access, the NukeNabber icon will flash in the system tray. Simply
right-click the icon, select Restore, then you can view the Intelligence
Report it gives. NukeNabber is a great tool, and I rely upon it often
(since I have a cable modem connection).----Dennis "Guru-X" Deveaux
- The best set of tools you can get (web based) are Sam
Spade (or you can download
samspade for windows and an IE 5 browser plugin)
- http://www.abuse.net and http://spam.abuse.net . Register for free
(to prevent misuse) and send complaints to foo.com@abuse.net (if you
want to complain to foo.com). To register mail to new@abuse.net and
reply to the auto-ack with "I accept" in the first line of your reply....
Also see http://legal.web.aol.com for what they are doing to stop spammers.---Suresh
Ramasubramanian
- (You may recall Suresh's help in a previous item about a spammer using
a fake [and nonexistent] email address at Langa.Com: see this
article.)
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