Hi Folks, A little more on the IE 5.0 computer security problems for those of you who don't understand why you should be concerned about this. 1st, your website passwords (which most of us usually store in our FTP software), credit cards #s (if you buy or pay for things online are usually stored (usually unknown to you) in a registration or account file), personal financial data, etc...... What this means is that someone can assume your identity and do whatever......and "whatever" includes the email at the bottom of this page from today from a County Coordinator to Rootsweb. Now who ever would think that a little ole grandma & Genealogy CC would be providing pornography and pirated software from her Rootsweb County Website or her personal website for that matter. You wouldn't even know it unless you had direct access into you website server directory and checked your file listings on a regular basis. This stuff will get you in BIG TROUBLE with the law, and at a minimum, your account closed at about ISP. I can just see the local paper headlines, "Grandma Hazel - Porn Dealer on Genealogy Website". 2nd, the folks who would 'hack" into your computer do it for 'kinky fun' and have a 'meanstrike' a mile wide. They love nothing better than to make your life miserable, that's how they get their 'jollies' ,eg, erasing harddrives, corrupting config, regis & sys files, collecting email addresses, etc. No understanding them.........it's just 'sick fun' for these folks. So folks, please don't take this stuff lightly or you may find yourself with some weird stuff on your websites like the genealogy lady below. or your Family Tree displaying King Kong as your 3g-grandfather. Please be careful out. Dave =============================================== >Resent-Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 03:46:43 -0700 (PDT) >X-Sender: glennrp@netmail.home.com >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) >Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 06:45:32 -0400 >Old-To: RootsWeb-Help-L@rootsweb.com >From: Glenn Randers-Pehrson <glennrp@home.com> >Subject: Re: How are other people info loading on my sites?? >To: RootsWeb-Help-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: RootsWeb-Help-L@rootsweb.com >Reply-To: RootsWeb-Help-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <RootsWeb-Help-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/13658 >X-Loop: RootsWeb-Help-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: RootsWeb-Help-L-request@rootsweb.com > >At 07:59 PM 8/28/99 -0700, you wrote: >>This makes the second time this year that I have gone to one of my sites and >>found other info loaded onto one of my pages. The first time was WFT - >>wrestling - I don't even watch wrestling much less know sites for it - think >>that was on my Morgan Co, AL site. This time it is on my one of my family >>history pages abt some boy named Joey and an album and listing of tv etc he >>has appeared > >Sounds like your passwords have been stolen. Change them, and be glad >that the cracker didn't use your directories to upload a bunch of >"warez" (pirated software) and pornography (examine your directories >carefully to make sure they haven't!) > >Glenn > > >============================== >Search more than 274 MILLION NAMES and find your ancestors at Ancestry.com! >Get started today at http://www.ancestry.com/rootswebtext.asp >