Anybody got an idea what this wesite is about...
I'm filtering out (via router and TCP monitor) some IP addresses popping up with K-Meleon and some other softwares (legal) that I have, and they seem to love comunicating with these websites (or servers)
IPs > 209-85-229-105 , 209-85-229-95, 209-85-169-101
WhoIs says that its a Brand Protection/AntiFraud website, but it looks to be a problem like 'Spyware' that these people are using to access my PC or get info from it.
Anyone else seeing this
:tdown
Been watching it a bit...
Start up K-Meleon and its goes systematically (randomly) through about 5x 209.85.229.xxx:80 IP addresses.
Google is my base page but that tries 209.85.169.xxx addresses.
It doesn't stop KMeleon from running but looks like a spybot that KMeleon and others have placed into their software.
Maybe it's a secret service thing to spy on the world.. :wink :naughty:
I dont think the exe files have been 'compromised' as it only KMeleon and this other GeoMapping software that I have.
Hmmmm.
it is google
do you have a google toolbar ?
is it your homepage ?
is it your default search provider ?
see what HiJackThis tells you
I just picked that up right now.. Ja.. it's Google. You beat me to it... :bg
Changed my home page and VIOLA.. it's gawwwnnn. I'll check out the rest
:8)
Playing around a bit and found a whole lot of search webpages link up to Mark-Monitor.
I've only found one so far that doesn't.. Altavista.com
Anyone else have any other idea ?
wikipedia says "MarkMonitor" is a brand protection service...
what ever the hell that is - lol
Brand Protection = my PC communicates with their servers... without my permission = spying
I think it's a 'front' for anything google (and others)... I've now filtered out anything google on my router.
One thing that worries me is that an lot of webpages link to ajax.googleapis.com
I don't like the look of this as it doesn't stop the webpage, but stalls it for a minute.
I'll go through my control panel - remove items next