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TonyC
Comstock Films

2523 Posts
8/03
Posted - Jun 10 2005 : 7:30AM
Starting earlier this month, I've started to see gambling and mortgage scam URLs in our referal logs. These URL do not actually have links to comstockfilms.com. Is this evidence of infected client machines trying to access our site and getting offers for interest-only loans instead?

URLs include things like:

http://www.hbsnwa.org/online-casino.html
http://www.sigmapiscu.org/party-poker.html
http://www.hbsnwa.org/roulette.html
http://www.hbsnwa.org/online-gambling.html
http://www.sigmapiscu.org/texas-holdem.html
http://www.sigmapiscu.org/online-poker.html
http://www.epraha.info/blackjack.html
http://www.epraha.info/free-slots.html
http://www.epraha.info/roulette.html

Perhaps one of you who is more familar with things like spyware, adware and other PeeCee nonsense could explain what this might mean.

Thanks!

-TC


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Janitor
Retired

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6409 Posts
11/99
Posted - Jun 10 2005 : 11:49AM
If an image on your server appears on another site it may come up in your stats as a referrer - when in reality they are just stealing your bandwidth.
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TonyC
Comstock Films

2523 Posts
8/03
Posted - Jun 10 2005 : 1:01PM
Yes, I know that trick. MaxHardcore.com was stealing one of our movies for a few days a couples months back. Fixed our directory permissions and put a stop to that.

That does not seem to be the case with these URLs. I can't figure out what they're doing.

-TC

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skronker
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Scopophiliac
9780 Posts
9/02
Posted - Jun 10 2005 : 1:16PM
TC and Max! It sounds like one of those TV cop shows with the mismatched buddies and their crimesolving pet monkey.

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Drew Black
broken crankshaft

8009 Posts
9/99
Posted - Jun 10 2005 : 3:04PM
I've seen these same referrers in our logs. Never really paid much attention to it though.
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Jacco All-Star Supporter
All-Star Member

"liable to deprave and corrupt"
2673 Posts
5/04
Posted - Jun 10 2005 : 6:29PM
I remember reading something about it as one of the ways the unscrupulous try to up their google-ranking, by linking to popular sites and some other tricks with that. Ignore them, or if you feel nasty, block them.

Jacco

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Drew Black
broken crankshaft

8009 Posts
9/99
Posted - Jun 10 2005 : 9:36PM
I wonder if this is a sign of Google page jacking?
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TonyC
Comstock Films

2523 Posts
8/03
Posted - Jun 10 2005 : 10:26PM
???
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cobalt60
Knuckle Dragger

2046 Posts
2/03
Posted - Jun 10 2005 : 10:28PM
Don't feel bad. I've never jacked to the Google page, either.
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Jacco All-Star Supporter
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"liable to deprave and corrupt"
2673 Posts
5/04
Posted - Jun 10 2005 : 10:50PM
Not sure, I read about it when it was in the news some time ago, but I have never really gone into the depths of search engine 'optimizing', I prefer to do it the old-fashioned way, which always works better in the long run.
Try googling "your choice" with or without quotes, with or without a space and see what comes up, no tricks just being around for a long time and being relevant.

Jacco

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Drew Black
broken crankshaft

8009 Posts
9/99
Posted - Jun 10 2005 : 10:54PM
TonyC
Comstock Films

2523 Posts
8/03
Posted - Jun 13 2005 : 8:22AM
And now they're gone.

-TC

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