Thursday, March 18, 2010
Feedback
For those of you that that have used my software please leave feedback here or email me at pcbutts1@pcbutts1.com
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Shame on You! Malware Bytes Antimalware
MBAM has added definitions to their software that attempts to detect and remove my Remove-it software. They did this in direct retaliation of a post I made in the newsgroups criticizing their new IP blocking technology. I pointed out several flaws and instead of fixing them they block me. I had a friend go through the proper channels and report a false positive. But as soon as it was discovered that the poster knew me MBAM locked the thread and immediately updated their software. You can find that thread here
You will also find that others have reported the same issues here.
It is clear that MBAM has no intention to remove that bad IP address so I have updated my Remove-it software, it will now disable MBAM so you will be able to freely surf to any website you wish. You can download my software from here MBAM has turned their fight against Malware to a personal battle against me SHAME ON YOU MBAM!
You will also find that others have reported the same issues here.
It is clear that MBAM has no intention to remove that bad IP address so I have updated my Remove-it software, it will now disable MBAM so you will be able to freely surf to any website you wish. You can download my software from here MBAM has turned their fight against Malware to a personal battle against me SHAME ON YOU MBAM!
Saturday, August 15, 2009
MBAM contraversal new IP blocking
MBAM new IP blocking has major flaws. The idea is good but the way it is executed needs work. The database of IP addresses it uses is the major problem. MBAM is trusting the source of that list as being accurate without testing each and every address listed, as it should do, for validity. They use the list from http://hosts-file.net, that list although updated regularly is outdated and needs a complete over haul. Currently I estimate that MBAM blocks more than 10,000 legitimate websites including business websites and emails. The 10,000 is a very conservative low number. For example this IP 64.202.189.170 belongs to GoDaddy.com all it is is a forwarding IP that GoDaddy uses for it's DNS server. Of the millions of GoDaddy customers who use their forwarding DNS if they install MBAM it will block access to all of those websites. MBAM does not check content of what it blocks it just relies on the truthfulness of the files supplied by hosts-file.net. I am not sure how many other web hosting companies are listed it this list but I am sure there are more then one. GoDaddy is aware of this blocking and I am sure they will be contacting MBAM about this so we will probably be seeing some changes made to MBAM's IP blocking. The concept is good but it does not work correctly.
On a personal note, I have had dealings with the owner of hosts-file.net in the past and he is not a very professional or smart person.
On a personal note, I have had dealings with the owner of hosts-file.net in the past and he is not a very professional or smart person.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Microsofts Security Essentials
Kicks ass over MBAM and SAS real time protection.
Malware Bytes Antimalware, as I have been saying for a long time, real-time protection does not work. Do not waste your money buying that version, stick with the free version. It is a very good software and it does work, everything but the real time protection. The same thing goes for SuperAntispyware. I routinely infect my tests boxes four or five times a day while working to update my Remove-it software. MBAM and SAS has never blocked any malware downloads at all. Sure it will scan detect and clean it but according to the authors it is supposed to prevent the download and installation of all malware that it has listed in it's database. It just does not work. I have reported this to them way back in version 1.33. Since installing Microsoft's Security Essentials, which updates itself on average two times a day, it has blocked 80% of my test downloads and I find I have to totally disable it in order to complete my tests. Simply shutting it down is not enough as it is still protecting. When it becomes Available again, as it is still in Beta, I recommend it over MBAM and SAS.
http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/
Comments welcome except from the trolls who will reply because it is me posting, without testing it for themselves. Trolls if you reply to my blog it will be blocked so don't waste your time.
Malware Bytes Antimalware, as I have been saying for a long time, real-time protection does not work. Do not waste your money buying that version, stick with the free version. It is a very good software and it does work, everything but the real time protection. The same thing goes for SuperAntispyware. I routinely infect my tests boxes four or five times a day while working to update my Remove-it software. MBAM and SAS has never blocked any malware downloads at all. Sure it will scan detect and clean it but according to the authors it is supposed to prevent the download and installation of all malware that it has listed in it's database. It just does not work. I have reported this to them way back in version 1.33. Since installing Microsoft's Security Essentials, which updates itself on average two times a day, it has blocked 80% of my test downloads and I find I have to totally disable it in order to complete my tests. Simply shutting it down is not enough as it is still protecting. When it becomes Available again, as it is still in Beta, I recommend it over MBAM and SAS.
http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/
Comments welcome except from the trolls who will reply because it is me posting, without testing it for themselves. Trolls if you reply to my blog it will be blocked so don't waste your time.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Astraweb is protecting Stalkers
It has been brought to my attention that numorous abuse complaints have been filed with astraweb and astraweb has rejected them all. This all started when someone in the newsgroups started impersonating my well known Stalker by the name of Leythos. Leythos the Stalker then filed a complaint which lead to a complaint filed by the impersonator. Read below the assinine responses given by Astraweb. I have removed the email adresses to protect the others from further harassment.
Your account has been sighted for flooding. This is a violation of our AUP/TOS:
http://www.news.astraweb.com/aup.html
Please cease all further activities IMMEDIATELY to avoid any
interruptions in service. Further details of the relevant posting in
question can be found below.
Astraweb Support Team
The reply
> Flooding? Those are different posts to different people telling them how to
> fix their computer in a computer help newsgroup. Because someone does not
> like the fact that I have the same name as him does not give him the right
> to complain. My posts do not violate your definition of Flooding as I am not
> trying to prove a point just offering help.
>
> "What is FLOODING? it is the act of filling a group(s), with unwanted posts
> that are on, or off topic, pushing your point, freedom of speech is
> important, but not to the point of damaging any person, and or group to
> prove your point of view."
>
Astraweb
Hi
We have just received another complaint that you are impersonating
spam9999free@rrohio.com. If this is your email address, please reply
to this email from that address. Otherwise, please post under your own
identity.
Use another email address. The real owner of that email address
emailed me.
And stop sending me your complaints about other users. I only act upon
third party complaints. There are multiple complaints against you, one
against another source.
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 6:55 AM, .com> wrote:
> Ok I will stop, I will start giving a more direct answer to the questions
> asked it the group. I just hope you guys there can tell the difference. I do
> not want to cause trouble.
The reply
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 7:24 AM, .com> wrote:
> That's a fake email address. You cant use a real email address on Usenet
> because of spam. If I use a real email address my mailbox will be flooded
> with spam within 24 hours. I will change it to "thisemailis@fake.com if it
> will make you happy. My news reader will only allow email addresses that
> contain the @ symbol in the email field.
Astraweb
Hi
Please read my previous email carefully. There are MULTIPLE complaints
on you from MULTIPLE different sources. This includes complaints from
users of various countries. Yet, there are no other complaints against
the other user.
Further, you are the one forging his email, not the other way round.
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:19 PM, <.com> wrote:
>
>
> I already changed my email address and have not used my account in two days
> so why the threat?. And the previous email address I used was fake, it was
> not the same as the other you mis read it. Why is it ok for him to
> constantly complain about me when I have done nothing wrong. The complaint I
> filed agaisnt him are valid, more valid then what he complains about. He is
> not a third party so why do you follow through on his complaint and not
> mine. Is there a double standard at Astraweb? That guy has been harrassing
> her for 4 years way before he had an account with you. Every single post she
> makes which is NEVER to him get a response from him to her all of which
> violate your AUS policy called flooding. she is the victim here not him. His
> last account was cancelled because he was doing the same thing. SBC has
> completely filtered his name from their servers because of his complaints.
> When him signed up with Astraweb it was because he had been cancelled from
> other providers. This guy has called her a thief a liar, unethical and
> anything else he can think while using your service and now you are telling
> me that it is ok for him to do that and it is not ok for her to make regular
> post? That is unfair and biased. It is your responsibility to stop him, if
> his harrasment and defimation continues in the newsgroups while he is
> using your server I will sue him and you for allowing it to continue. I have
> filed the proper complaint forms and accourding to you from what you said in
> this email you will not do nothing about it. He is not a third party. Every
> time he replies to one of her posts I will file a complaint. None of those >complaints that I already filed where from my astraweb account which makes me a >third party. Do your job or be
> held accountable.
>
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 2:44 AM, wrote:
> The email I used was NOT a valid email, it was similar to his but not the
> same. Those multiple complaints have to be valid complaints which there are
> not. How can multiple people complain about the same thing if the complaint
> is not about spam. My posts were not off topic and I was not trying to prove
> a point. My posts do not attack anyones character or call them names. They
> are a direct response to a post directed to me unlike the posts made by the
> person complaining about me. Those two have been in a flame war for 4 years now and
> you are taking sides in our dispute. If you want others to complain about
> him then I will have them do that so prepare to recieve more complaints. It
> is unfair and bias for you to require a complaint from more then one person
> when the harassment is bieng done. The complains I filed were from
> posts I made when not using astraweb. Your client is the problem not me.
> When I get home I will send you a post from your client from 4 years ago so
> you can see how long the harassment has been going on. If you do a search on
> your servers you find that she has never made a post or reply to that person.
> He is stalking her and you are allowing it. She has changed her posting name 4
> times in four years and changed newsgroups to get away from him and he
> continues to follow and harass her. She has even created a blog documenting
> this http://pcbutts1-therealtruth.blogspot.com/ you will also see the names
> of others who filed complaints. If you continue to allow this person to
> harass her Astraweb will be sued.
The email address is valid because I have been corresponding with him.
The user has been an astraweb user for a long time now, and we have
not received a single complaint for him. However, youve been a recent
user and we have already started receiving complaints.
I am not going to start going into the details of your flame war, but
it would seem to me that if this user is so disruptive, why didnt you
complain about him to our abuse department earlier?
Anyhow, our policy stands that if you continue to be disruptive to the
group and posting rubbish, we will take further action. Irrespective
of whatever has occured with your alleged flame wars, your posts were
not useful and that is what this abuse complaint is about. Not about
your flame wars.
STOP sending me emails from @yahoo.com, @gmail.com
and joshua@.com
Sending me emails from different accounts DOES NOT constitute
complaints from various sources.
the reply
What the hell is the matter with you? Those are not my emails. Those emails
belong to employees that are employed here at this company, they have
nothing to do with me. First your bias pompous ass said complaints from me
is not good enough so I have others who are fed up with the shit being done
file a complaint and you blame it on me. I have not even used my account and
this STALKER is still harassing her, he has posted today and ASTRAWEB is doing nothing about it.
Until you do something about the abuse she is getting from your client the
emails will continue.
Your account has been sighted for flooding. This is a violation of our AUP/TOS:
http://www.news.astraweb.com/aup.html
Please cease all further activities IMMEDIATELY to avoid any
interruptions in service. Further details of the relevant posting in
question can be found below.
Astraweb Support Team
The reply
> Flooding? Those are different posts to different people telling them how to
> fix their computer in a computer help newsgroup. Because someone does not
> like the fact that I have the same name as him does not give him the right
> to complain. My posts do not violate your definition of Flooding as I am not
> trying to prove a point just offering help.
>
> "What is FLOODING? it is the act of filling a group(s), with unwanted posts
> that are on, or off topic, pushing your point, freedom of speech is
> important, but not to the point of damaging any person, and or group to
> prove your point of view."
>
Astraweb
Hi
We have just received another complaint that you are impersonating
spam9999free@rrohio.com. If this is your email address, please reply
to this email from that address. Otherwise, please post under your own
identity.
Use another email address. The real owner of that email address
emailed me.
And stop sending me your complaints about other users. I only act upon
third party complaints. There are multiple complaints against you, one
against another source.
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 6:55 AM, .com> wrote:
> Ok I will stop, I will start giving a more direct answer to the questions
> asked it the group. I just hope you guys there can tell the difference. I do
> not want to cause trouble.
The reply
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 7:24 AM, .com> wrote:
> That's a fake email address. You cant use a real email address on Usenet
> because of spam. If I use a real email address my mailbox will be flooded
> with spam within 24 hours. I will change it to "thisemailis@fake.com if it
> will make you happy. My news reader will only allow email addresses that
> contain the @ symbol in the email field.
Astraweb
Hi
Please read my previous email carefully. There are MULTIPLE complaints
on you from MULTIPLE different sources. This includes complaints from
users of various countries. Yet, there are no other complaints against
the other user.
Further, you are the one forging his email, not the other way round.
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:19 PM, <.com> wrote:
>
>
> I already changed my email address and have not used my account in two days
> so why the threat?. And the previous email address I used was fake, it was
> not the same as the other you mis read it. Why is it ok for him to
> constantly complain about me when I have done nothing wrong. The complaint I
> filed agaisnt him are valid, more valid then what he complains about. He is
> not a third party so why do you follow through on his complaint and not
> mine. Is there a double standard at Astraweb? That guy has been harrassing
> her for 4 years way before he had an account with you. Every single post she
> makes which is NEVER to him get a response from him to her all of which
> violate your AUS policy called flooding. she is the victim here not him. His
> last account was cancelled because he was doing the same thing. SBC has
> completely filtered his name from their servers because of his complaints.
> When him signed up with Astraweb it was because he had been cancelled from
> other providers. This guy has called her a thief a liar, unethical and
> anything else he can think while using your service and now you are telling
> me that it is ok for him to do that and it is not ok for her to make regular
> post? That is unfair and biased. It is your responsibility to stop him, if
> his harrasment and defimation continues in the newsgroups while he is
> using your server I will sue him and you for allowing it to continue. I have
> filed the proper complaint forms and accourding to you from what you said in
> this email you will not do nothing about it. He is not a third party. Every
> time he replies to one of her posts I will file a complaint. None of those >complaints that I already filed where from my astraweb account which makes me a >third party. Do your job or be
> held accountable.
>
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 2:44 AM,
> The email I used was NOT a valid email, it was similar to his but not the
> same. Those multiple complaints have to be valid complaints which there are
> not. How can multiple people complain about the same thing if the complaint
> is not about spam. My posts were not off topic and I was not trying to prove
> a point. My posts do not attack anyones character or call them names. They
> are a direct response to a post directed to me unlike the posts made by the
> person complaining about me. Those two have been in a flame war for 4 years now and
> you are taking sides in our dispute. If you want others to complain about
> him then I will have them do that so prepare to recieve more complaints. It
> is unfair and bias for you to require a complaint from more then one person
> when the harassment is bieng done. The complains I filed were from
> posts I made when not using astraweb. Your client is the problem not me.
> When I get home I will send you a post from your client from 4 years ago so
> you can see how long the harassment has been going on. If you do a search on
> your servers you find that she has never made a post or reply to that person.
> He is stalking her and you are allowing it. She has changed her posting name 4
> times in four years and changed newsgroups to get away from him and he
> continues to follow and harass her. She has even created a blog documenting
> this http://pcbutts1-therealtruth.blogspot.com/ you will also see the names
> of others who filed complaints. If you continue to allow this person to
> harass her Astraweb will be sued.
The email address is valid because I have been corresponding with him.
The user has been an astraweb user for a long time now, and we have
not received a single complaint for him. However, youve been a recent
user and we have already started receiving complaints.
I am not going to start going into the details of your flame war, but
it would seem to me that if this user is so disruptive, why didnt you
complain about him to our abuse department earlier?
Anyhow, our policy stands that if you continue to be disruptive to the
group and posting rubbish, we will take further action. Irrespective
of whatever has occured with your alleged flame wars, your posts were
not useful and that is what this abuse complaint is about. Not about
your flame wars.
STOP sending me emails from @yahoo.com, @gmail.com
and joshua@.com
Sending me emails from different accounts DOES NOT constitute
complaints from various sources.
the reply
What the hell is the matter with you? Those are not my emails. Those emails
belong to employees that are employed here at this company, they have
nothing to do with me. First your bias pompous ass said complaints from me
is not good enough so I have others who are fed up with the shit being done
file a complaint and you blame it on me. I have not even used my account and
this STALKER is still harassing her, he has posted today and ASTRAWEB is doing nothing about it.
Until you do something about the abuse she is getting from your client the
emails will continue.
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