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Holy! Doesn't surprise me, though, considering how CWS is installed, etc.
Unfortunately the police{generally speaking} do not seem to have a cyber crime culture.
The reason is that most police have not the expertise to even know where to start.
A close relative of mine is a senior detective and I have to remove spyware from his personal PC !!!
Rather than show their lack of knowledge, they tend to leave well enough alone.{or so it would seem}
White collar crime has always drawn lesser attention and punishment than some punk holding up the local Harpoo{sp?} store.
Future generations of law enforcers might address cyber crime with more vigor and gusto ....let us hope so anyway!
What I want to know is WHERE you found these servers, and if there's a way to contact the poor schmucks who are losing their identities?
Second, I disagree that law enforcement isn't clued in. In my ten year career as a computer crime writer, I've seen rapid improvement in the Secret Service, FBI and local jurisdictions around the country. You need to stay on this, approach each jurisdiction involved and ask for their cyber crime agent/officer.
You should also file a complaint and turn over evidence to the Internet Fraud Complaint Center. I know the intake officer over there and he's good.
First I want to say great job!!!
What a find.
So far I can't find what program is responsible. Some references refer to it as a well known malware and part of CWS but nothing specific. I would like to know what it is?
I ended up with the coolwebsearch thing on my laptop, probably after hitting one of those placeholder pages or stumbling onto a porn site of some sort. It was a particularly nasty little piece of malware and an absolute bitch to get rid of. Kick their asses!
Mike proclaims he is innocent....
".... stumbling onto a porn site"
jp
Maybe contacting the Federal Trade Commission, which iseems to be in charge of identity theft, etc. (http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft/).
So how exactly are you 'sitting' on this data? Does it mean the server collecting illegal data in fact belongs to you?
What prey tell is"CWS"
Is it a key logger that all these new spyware program we have out can not detect?
Maybe this will be the end of CWS, who knows.
First off, I want to thank you for your diligence and all your hard work dealing with this mess.
Two questions:
1) Does programs like spybot or adaware protect against CSW?
2) We have a computer at our office that has coolwwwsearch on it. Is this the same version?
Thanks again.
Chris Kozlik
Yes, coolwwwsearch is the same as coolwebsearch. CWS comes in so many varieties. I'm not sure it's been mentioned here yet, but if you've got a variety of it, find CWShredder and use that to clean it off.
I have been reading some very interesting stories and points of view, and would recommend that all of us to take a quick look at a website that deals directly with Identity Theft Restoration. It puts the power back into the hands of the people. You will find it extremely interesting. The Url is www.GotHassles.com
I have come to find from being a victim of ID Theft, that it’s not a matter of "IF" you become a victim of it, but "WHEN". I never thought it would happen to me!
Here's an Idea, find a way to DoS the server, or better yet, find a way to clear the data from it (even if the mean is illegal itself), thus protecting all parties involved, even the pedophile...
It doesn't surprise me that the FBI still has not responded. This is so true it's scairy! Not only is this a huge growing problem but one that I would call an epidemic. In order to further protect my self I researched several Identity Theft Companies. Here is a link to one that received wonderful reviews in magazines such as Forbes, Barrons, Fortune, Financial World, Success etc. Here's the link for more info 
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[Leslie, the FBI did respond. While this is a problem, it's not nearly as much of a problem as some might think. Biggest issue is these machines were all unpatched XP boxes -- do your patches!]
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I think this is great information you are presenting to consumers, identity theft can be a great threat to those who are not aware of the dangers. Education is the only way to strengthen ourselves against the crime, and to narrow the chances that the opportunist identity thieves have to do their crimes. Keep posting the information, people will find it and it raises awareness.
Thanks for the info.
Keep posting.
I'll be waiting and reading.
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