Spyware/Marketer Deception Tool

[mar0]

Hello,

I have recently decided to take on the project of writing a utility that
deceives spyware and websites that obtain and sell private information.
I've written the preliminary outline for the code (sketched out the
object classes for C# code) but I still have a lot of questions about
its central mechanisms. Please respond if you can help.

The first mechanism is rather simple - the utility will write fake
cookies so that websites will obtain misinformation about what website
was viewed previously. I'm using Firefox source to learn about how
browsers store and organize cookies.

The second mechanism is tougher - it will require sending misinformation
about personal data to potential spyware processes (fake addresses,
etc). For this, I will need to look at source code for spyware, or at
least get a specific idea of what spyware looks for. So if you have
source code or reverse-engineered code for known spyware processes,
please send them to me.

The third mechanism is the toughest - I am trying to learn how consumer
database information (like http://www.studentlist.com) is stored so that
misinformation can be sent to those databases as well. I imagine that
most of these databases are sent information from people who use more
invasive procedures (like the ones listed above), but if you know of any
ways that these companies obtain and store data automatically, I would
love to know about it.

Thank you.

M.

[Kadaitcha Man]

mar0 <mar0@cox.net> Thou idiotic notable strumpet. Thou unsightly rag of
honour. Thou shag-haired crafty kern. Thou peevish baggage. Ye squealed
and ye spewed:

> Hello,
>
> I have recently decided to take on the project of writing a utility
> that deceives spyware and websites that obtain and sell private
> information. I've written the preliminary outline for the code
> (sketched out the object classes for C# code) but I still have a lot
> of questions about its central mechanisms. Please respond if you can
> help.
> The first mechanism is rather simple - the utility will write fake
> cookies so that websites will obtain misinformation about what website
> was viewed previously. I'm using Firefox source to learn about how
> browsers store and organize cookies.
>
> The second mechanism is tougher - it will require sending
> misinformation about personal data to potential spyware processes
> (fake addresses, etc). For this, I will need to look at source code
> for spyware, or at least get a specific idea of what spyware looks
> for. So if you have source code or reverse-engineered code for known
> spyware processes, please send them to me.
>
> The third mechanism is the toughest - I am trying to learn how
> consumer database information (like http://www.studentlist.com) is
> stored so that misinformation can be sent to those databases as well.
> I imagine that most of these databases are sent information from
> people who use more invasive procedures (like the ones listed above),
> but if you know of any ways that these companies obtain and store
> data automatically, I would love to know about it.
>
> Thank you.

The simpler solution to the whole problem is not to set out to "decieve" the
target of your deception, but to foil the target's attempts to get the
information in the first place. This has all been done before, by many
anti-malware applications, reputable ones at that, not ill- and
insanely-conceived new ones like yours. Much foiling can also be achieved by
using a simple .hosts file; again, all done before, and all freely
available.

Alternative reading:

Real meaning: "I want to write some spyware. Can I have your source code?"

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[Kadaitcha Man]

hysgrubl <beast@remotecave.wilderness> Thou rude mechanicals. Thou
ineffective, fly-eating conspirator. Thou beggar. Four of thy five wits
went halting off, and now is the whole man governed with one. Ye
maundered and ye lectured:

> Kadaitcha Man wrote this:
>
>> mar0 <mar0@cox.net> Thou idiotic notable strumpet. Thou unsightly rag
>> of honour. Thou shag-haired crafty kern. Thou peevish baggage. Ye
>> squealed and ye spewed:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have recently decided to take on the project of writing a utility
>>> that deceives spyware and websites that obtain and sell private
>>> information. I've written the preliminary outline for the code
>>> (sketched out the object classes for C# code) but I still have a lot
>>> of questions about its central mechanisms. Please respond if you can
>>> help.
>>> The first mechanism is rather simple - the utility will write fake
>>> cookies so that websites will obtain misinformation about what
>>> website was viewed previously. I'm using Firefox source to learn
>>> about how browsers store and organize cookies.
>>>
>>> The second mechanism is tougher - it will require sending
>>> misinformation about personal data to potential spyware processes
>>> (fake addresses, etc). For this, I will need to look at source code
>>> for spyware, or at least get a specific idea of what spyware looks
>>> for. So if you have source code or reverse-engineered code for known
>>> spyware processes, please send them to me.
>>>
>>> The third mechanism is the toughest - I am trying to learn how
>>> consumer database information (like http://www.studentlist.com) is
>>> stored so that misinformation can be sent to those databases as
>>> well. I imagine that most of these databases are sent information
>>> from people who use more invasive procedures (like the ones listed
>>> above), but if you know of any ways that these companies obtain and
>>> store data automatically, I would love to know about it.
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>
>> The simpler solution to the whole problem is not to set out to
>> "decieve" the target of your deception, but to foil the target's
>> attempts to get the information in the first place. This has all been
>> done before, by many anti-malware applications, reputable ones at
>> that, not ill- and insanely-conceived new ones like yours. Much
>> foiling can also be achieved by using a simple .hosts file; again,
>> all done before, and all freely available.
>
> Option 1: Make your comp think your own machine is the site. Put
> this in the hosts file...
>
> 127.0.0.1 www.somenetwork.somedomain
>
> ...and then make sure your system is configured to resolve names there
> BEFORE it tries DNS (this is the default on Windoze and most *nix
> systems). Your system will never successfully contact that site
> again.
>
>
> Option 2: An HTML filter. Examples: Privoxy. Proxomitron.
> Configure them to erase or rewrite references to the site you wish to
> block.

You brain-dead ****slop gobbler.

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[Kadaitcha Man]

hysgrubl <beast@remotecave.wilderness> Thou paltry fellow. Thou
spur-galled, deceased beast. Thou foolish carrion. Ye speak yet ye say
nothing. Ye illumined and ye disgorged:

> Kadaitcha Man wrote this:
>
>>>> The simpler solution to the whole problem is not to set out to
>>>> "decieve" the target of your deception, but to foil the target's
>>>> attempts to get the information in the first place. This has all
>>>> been done before, by many anti-malware applications, reputable
>>>> ones at that, not ill- and insanely-conceived new ones like yours.
>>>> Much foiling can also be achieved by using a simple .hosts file;
>>>> again, all done before, and all freely available.
>>>
>>> Option 1: Make your comp think your own machine is the site. Put
>>> this in the hosts file...
>>>
>>> 127.0.0.1 www.somenetwork.somedomain
>>>
>>> ...and then make sure your system is configured to resolve names
>>> there BEFORE it tries DNS (this is the default on Windoze and most
>>> *nix systems). Your system will never successfully contact that
>>> site again.
>>>
>>>
>>> Option 2: An HTML filter. Examples: Privoxy. Proxomitron.
>>> Configure them to erase or rewrite references to the site you wish
>>> to block.
>>
>> You brain-dead ****slop gobbler.
>
> There's "****slop" on the dinner-menu at your house, today? No
> thanks.

Oooooh. I've been IKYABWAI lamed. Never had had that done to me before. I
shall run away, for the rage of the lamer is great. RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!

<[^] indicates up>
Stupid ****.

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[hysgrubl]

hysgrubl <beast@remotecave.wilderness> Thou *****son cur. A plague on
both your houses. Thou stony image. Thou greasy-haired, scatterbrained
young and sweating devil. Ye homilised and ye meandered:

> Spindly arse-leech with thick hugo and glowing tail-gate wants
> pitiable gushin' prussian for shameful bologna bopping. Mail me at
> <beast@remotecave.wilderness>

[Kadaitcha Man]

hysgrubl <beast@remotecave.wilderness> Thou very drudge of nature. Thou
spur-galled, muddle-mettled strange fly. Thou shard-borne sorrowful
issue. Thou bird-brained that grey iniquity. Ye huddled and ye aspersed:

> Kadaitcha Man wrote this:
>
>>>> You brain-dead ****slop gobbler.
>>>
>>> There's "****slop" on the dinner-menu at your house, today? No
>>> thanks.
>>
>> Oooooh. I've been IKYABWAI lamed. Never had had that done to me
>> before. I shall run away, for the rage of the lamer is great. RUN
>> AWAY! RUN AWAY!
>
> Enjoy your ****slop, emoboi.

Got any more lames in your kit bag? Or have you just used them all up?

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September 2005, April 2006, January 2007.

Vescere puter subgalia meis.

"Now I know what it is. Now I know what it means when an
alt.usenet.kook x-post shows up."
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[Kadaitcha Man]

hysgrubl <beast@remotecave.wilderness> Thou earth-vexing beggar. Thou
bloodsucking dastard foeman. Thou tardy-gaited leprous witch. Thou
clay-brained profane fellow. Ye blurted out and ye jawed:

> Kadaitcha Man wrote this:
>
>> hysgrubl <beast@remotecave.wilderness> Thou very drudge of nature.
>> Thou spur-galled, muddle-mettled strange fly. Thou shard-borne
>> sorrowful issue. Thou bird-brained that grey iniquity. Ye huddled
>> and ye aspersed:
>>
>>> Kadaitcha Man wrote this:
>>>
>>>>>> You brain-dead ****slop gobbler.
>>>>>
>>>>> There's "****slop" on the dinner-menu at your house, today? No
>>>>> thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Oooooh. I've been IKYABWAI lamed. Never had had that done to me
>>>> before. I shall run away, for the rage of the lamer is great. RUN
>>>> AWAY! RUN AWAY!
>>>
>>> Enjoy your ****slop, emoboi.
>>
>> Got any more lames in your kit bag? Or have you just used them all
>> up?
>
> I see you've fired up the ol' newsbot to post lies with my nym,
> because you felt threatened by me and needed "help" that you knew no
> human would provide. (Yeah, EVERYONE in these parts know that's how
> you act when spanked.) Poor li'l ****slop slurping emoboi.

You protest too much, netk0oK.

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September 2005, April 2006, January 2007.

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[hysgrubl]

hysgrubl <beast@remotecave.wilderness> Thou foolish rheum. Thou puling
cuckold. Thou cankerous basest groom. Thou dumb old clog. Ye instructed
and ye pealed:

> ****ING DICK I see you've fired up ****ING LOVE TOOL BAZONGAS ANAL
> ORIFICE the ol' newsbot to post ****ING BUGGERLING lies with my nym,
> because ****ING ***** ****RAG you felt threatened by me ****ING BUNG
> and needed "help" that you ****ING LET THE NIGGER GIRL DO IT knew no
> human would provide. ****ING FLEAPIT BED PISSER (Yeah, EVERYONE in
> these ****ING ****HEADS parts know that's how you ****ING *****ES'
> CHRISTMAS act when spanked.) Poor ****ING KIKE li'l ****slop slurping
> emoboi. ****ING CLAM DIGGER YELLOW ******* CUNNILINGUS BALLS ASS
> FILTHY ****TER CHUTNEY FERRET ***** **** AXE WOUND

[hysgrubl]

hysgrubl <beast@remotecave.wilderness> Thou abhorrent rogue and peasant
slave. Thou beggarly humorous youth. Thou blackguardly bright defiler of
hymen's purest bed. Thou ugly goodman baldpate. Ye sniveled and ye
groused:

> Can I add you to my friends list?

[hysgrubl]

hysgrubl <beast@remotecave.wilderness> Thou ill-nurtured that has no
more brain than a stone. Thou knotty-pated tike. Thou cursing hypocrite.
If you spend word for word with me, I shall make your wit bankrupt. Ye
descanted and ye released:

> Man alive! But I wish I wasn't.