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- on Sat 16 May 2009
- 10:54:55 AM UTC
Super-Antivirus
I am with the lynching option LOL.I would like a explanation but his sort usualy crawl from whence they came.Who has got the rope.(G.O.M.with Honours).
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- on Sat 16 May 2009
- 11:10:58 AM UTC
Hmmmm . . .
Two votes to apply Wild West justice already, Super-Antivirus.
If I were you, I'd either make my mea culpa a good one, or else ride out of town at night.
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- on Sun 17 May 2009
- 04:38:15 PM UTC
Damage report..?
Here are the facts I could find, scattered over several threads:
"Super-Antivirus" created 30 false profiles (now banned).
One (or probably more) of them attacked techjaws.com
Super-Antivirus is also behind Recurec.I suspect that techjaws isn't the only site being harmed by this fraud.
But how do we know what 30 (now banned profiles) rated? Sami..?
I know that ratings have been 'nulled', but if the comments still hang on...Remember to reconsider board comments too. Frank J's remark "I very much appreciate the support and I will always give it back 10 fold!!!" sounds somewhat misleading now, considering how it all ended
Siteadvisor is also involved now. Here super-antivirus.com is rated green by you know who: www.siteadvisor.com/sites/super-antivirus.com
Threads involved:
www.mywot.com/en/forum/3358-nice-scam
www.mywot.com/en/forum/3403-super-antivirus
www.mywot.com/en/forum/3389-www-techjaws-com
www.mywot.com/en/forum/3209-super-antivirus-com
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- on Sat 16 May 2009
- 05:02:00 PM UTC
Re: Damage report..?
He wasn't able to do any real damage. The system worked as designed and he wasn't able to manipulate reputations. His ratings are now ignored, all his comments were removed from scorecards, and his comment votes were cleared. It's almost as he never stopped by.
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- on Sat 16 May 2009
- 05:35:13 PM UTC
Still many green comments
There are still 9 green ratings/comments on his own scorecard, and so far the green remarks outnumber the red. I've PM'd people suggesting that they might want to reconsider their vote...
He's also loose on siteadvisor, but I've been there too...
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- on Sat 16 May 2009
- 05:26:51 PM UTC
re: Damage report.. reconsider
I've deleted my comment, disagreed to existing green, agreed to red and albeit you can guess my amended rating.
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WOT Community - gives us security through unity.
Thank you all
G7W {G.O.M}
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- on Sat 16 May 2009
- 06:23:46 PM UTC
Siteadvisor is also involved now.
Siteadvisor is also involved now. Here super-antivirus.com is rated green by you know who: www.siteadvisor.com/sites/super-antivirus.com
That'll take about a year to be noticed by McAfee so nothing to worry about. -
- on Sun 17 May 2009
- 04:20:53 PM UTC
Rerated accordingly
You'll Never Walk Alone
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- on Tue 19 May 2009
- 10:44:58 PM UTC
Misleading? I am hurt :)
Misleading? I am hurt :) It's an expression my dad would say. You help me I give it back 10 fold.
Hope all is well.
Frank J
TechJaws.com -
- on Sat 16 May 2009
- 04:58:44 PM UTC
Friend of WOT
I doubt you can do anything about the "Friend of WOT" sticker this clown displays on his site, but he is certainly not a "Friend of WOT".
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- on Sat 16 May 2009
- 05:36:53 PM UTC
How about a new sticker..?
"Fiend of WOT" might suit him, and other scammers as well...?
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- on Sun 17 May 2009
- 04:23:07 PM UTC
Fiend of WOT?
There's no need for that. The WOT seal on his site now reads:"Reputation of this site:POOR with a big light red doughnut next to it. LOL.
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- on Sun 17 May 2009
- 04:45:32 PM UTC
Hm, maybe...
I tried to visit the site, but... first I got WOTs warning screen. Then I got WOT. Perhaps this is his last trick (so far): letting WOT warn users to visit WOT. Yes, I think most people will know what happens, but there will always be some who doesn't. Sigh...
Btw, the scam site is still unrecognized by McAfee; Siteadvisor still rates it gray, and he still isn't banned for abusing the system. Then again, SA fell asleep long ago. Another sigh...
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- on Sat 16 May 2009
- 05:27:40 PM UTC
Already there
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- on Sat 16 May 2009
- 05:48:00 PM UTC
Re: Super-Antivirus
He won't be answering questions on the forum, because his account is banned. It's also possible there was more than one perpetrator involved. From the looks of it at least some of them might be high school students, so perhaps they were just doing it for the lulz.
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- on Sat 16 May 2009
- 06:41:03 PM UTC
high school students
From the looks of it at least some of them might be high school students
http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/enfan... -
- on Sat 16 May 2009
- 07:00:37 PM UTC
LOL!
Hilarious
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Against Intuition - gives us safety through Web of Trust.
WOT Community - gives us security through unity.
Thank you all
G7W {G.O.M}
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- on Sat 16 May 2009
- 06:05:20 PM UTC
PM story
I said in the techjaws thread that I had a "PM" story about this idiot, so here it is:
A few weeks ago I got a PM from this guy asking me to rate his site. A reasonable request . . . so I took a look at it. Found a few minor flaws, like some others, but really couldn't find any evidence of malicious content or links, so like a lot of others I rated it green.
But I sent the guy a PM back and I told him, like Colin had said, that the name of his domain was less than positive considering all the scams going around with similar names.
He sent me a PM back saying that he couldn't change domains, stated rather matter-of-factly. That was a curious response, and prompted me to send another PM to him suggesting he consider just buying another domain name and copy over the code to that if necessary.
Perhaps there was some cost involved for him, or it was an issue of links on other sites (wouldn't a redirect solve that problem?), or there was some other practicality I'm not aware of . . . I don't know. Was just suggesting an avenue that he might consider to get rid of that domain name associated with his site.
Was really curious why he insisted he couldn't do it. So when I saw I had a PM I was anticipating an explanation. The message he left was sort of curt and perhaps borderline abrasive: "Just forget it . . .".
Granted, Internet communications are without tone, so it's difficult to say that this guy was being abrasive, but I would have thought, being experienced, he would have used an emoticon if his tone was light.
Nevertheless, I didn't take it as an insult, but I did raise an eyebrow because of it.
I know I said in that techjaws thread that I had changed my rating because of this PM. That is misleading. Because I was a little uncomfortable with the rating I had made in light of that curious response, I went into the "My Ratings" section of my profile and deleted the rating I had made on his site.
But I did not re-rate it, as I might have implied in the techjaws post. I just wanted to stay "neutral" until I reacquired the comfort level I had once had (that, as it turned out, was the result of being duped . . . but I was in good company with the likes of Esa, Colin, g7w, and some others).
Though I guess a case could be made that the site itself is safe, while the owner was a scammer. Have never bothered to go back again and examine it. That is probably a philosophical judgment on "guilt by association", but as far as I'm concerned a low rating, as it now has, is appropriate.
Lesson for all of us, I guess.
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- on Sat 16 May 2009
- 06:33:04 PM UTC
benefit of doubt
everyone deserves the benefit of doubt when requesting a rating for their website.
We as mere users do not have the facilities to examine IP, IP blocks, C-Networks, etc. to determine which WOT username may be associated with another. Everyone is an individual to us... All we can do is rate a site based upon it's content and the content for super-antivirus.com is safe and most of the advise offered on it is agreeable to many opinins expressed within these forums. However, the actions of that site's admin and the multiple spammer accounts set up on WOT proffers the site's current ratings.
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Against Intuition - gives us safety through Web of Trust.
WOT Community - gives us security through unity.
Thank you all
G7W {G.O.M}
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- on Tue 19 May 2009
- 11:45:02 AM UTC
Ditto
Be aware that this idiot is also lurking on youtube and Y!Q&A with multiple identities'
Re-rated and changed comment :-)Colin
http://freepcsecurity.co.uk
"If you have knowledge, let others light their candles with it" - Winston Churchill -
- on Tue 19 May 2009
- 12:44:25 PM UTC
He'll be back...
I cannot predict the future, but most of the time "future" just means "more of the same".
yes, he's been lurking elsewhere. And he still still is...He might even come back here one day, using a new name of course.
Why? Beause he's already done that, at least in one case we know of. Remember "Recurec", the site selling bogus seals? Well, that scam failed, but then he just went on disguised as a new user. He probably wanted his new site rated all green, while it only had innocent content. Then, he could always change content later, while keeping the rating. After all he still has more sites, that we don't know of... -
- on Tue 19 May 2009
- 12:49:13 PM UTC
Ditto
I am quite sure that he willbe back in another disguise.
RecureC didn't last long and changed its name to cmsecurities which quickly went the same way. This guy has a lot more sites that we don;t yet know if, I am quite sure of that and will be spending some time trying to dig deeper :-)
Colin
http://freepcsecurity.co.uk
"If you have knowledge, let others light their candles with it" - Winston Churchill -
- on Tue 19 May 2009
- 01:35:11 PM UTC
Indeed
I had forgotten about "cmsecurities" (thanks for reminding me). That just proves my point. So far 3 attempts to fool the forum (but the real number could be higher). When he returns, it will be the fourth time. Unfortunately greed knows no limits....
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- on Sat 16 May 2009
- 06:05:35 PM UTC
Hmm
Hi everyone. Thanks for the update. I looked over all the forum links and have now re-rated and re-commented on the site and also agreed to red and disagreed to green.
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- on Sat 16 May 2009
- 06:22:34 PM UTC
Thought . . .
Sami: "He won't be answering questions on the forum, because his account is banned."
It just ocurred to me that one of us could go to his site and leave a contact message for him that we're having fun over here at WOT talking about him (Or is it a her? I know "male" is shown on the profile but we've already learned that we can't trust what this person says) and dancing on his/her grave.
But that would be a pointless flame, and would probably be deleted by him/her anyway. A waste of bandwidth any way you look at it.
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- on Sat 16 May 2009
- 06:36:21 PM UTC
Re: Thought . . .
Actually, he already contacted us via email, but claims to have no knowledge of what happened. I'll let you know if he comes up with a plausible explanation.
Super-Antivirus
Before we lynch this guy in public (and I have myself already . . . see this thread, particularly Sami's post on page 2), I guess we ought to be fair and give this fellow a chance to explain.
So, I'm starting this thread just to give Super-Antivirus a chance to say more than his fake persona Licon44 said about techjaws: "This site sucks"