gyp, here is an excerpt from fred langa's email on the subject of hackers and spammers.... hope you find something in here that may be useful
3) Wow! *Lots* More Great Anti-Hacker/Anti-Spam Sites
In the last issue, in response to a reader question about how to track down
spammers and hackers, I told you about 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 langa.com
)
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:
For spam I use spamcop.net 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 - named "network tracer" - www.pc-
help.org/trace.htm. Scott Randolph
Hi Fred, great Newsletter.. re: Hackers, there is a another good
site to report them, see their methods...as well as help keep your
system secure. The URL for the Database is:
netice.com and the URL for
further Support is netice.com 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 (
dynamsol.com ), 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
samspade.org (or you can download samspade for windows
and an IE 5 browser plugin) at geektools.com (and their
whois server whois.geektools.com ).... [Also, use]
abuse.net and 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 legal.web.aol.com for what they are doing
to screw 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
langa.com
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