Transponder Gang Chronicles By Webhelper
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CWS listings sorted by IP address in text format(IP & Domains)
CWS listings Alpha sorted text format(Only Domains)
CWS complete works in MS Office Exel format
Direct-Revenue and their Ad Policy Part II
New CWS desktop scare tactics:
Your system Is Infected July 24
Popfinder.net XPSP2 Type Information Bar Scare for Adwaredelete July 24, 2005
Warning: You may be infected July 27
Reprinted with permission by Webhelper
Apologies for neglecting this thread
Major CWS Sites Update
CWS List Sorted By IP Address In Text Format
(IP and Domains ) Updated 11 Sept 2005
CWS Alpha Sort In Text Format
(Only Domains listed) Updated 11 Sept 2005
Full Read\More Info
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In late August 2005, I was given a link by my friend Suzi of Spywarewarrior that was an IP address [removed] that ran a massive CWS infestations similar to that of the infamous vxiframe.biz infestations. Upon further research I found that this IP was also being used by two well known CWS porn sites along with an IP of Esthost/Estdomains as an 404 error page that calls a page called waite.html which also contains 195.225.177.33 in an IFRAME to load the IP automatically thus infesting users.
The waite.html page is an old scare scam for RazeSpyware. See Spywarewarrior Rogue Anti-Spyware listing for details. This waite.html page will only be seen about a second and then will close and the CWS infestations will begin. Below is what the page looks like without the live CWS link.
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Webhelper's CWS Diaries
"One must know the past in order to understand the future, if one is to change the future"
Home |CWS Lists Main Index |
Updated: 27 November, 2005 10:46 AM
I. About The CWS Diaries
A. What The Dairies Are
B. Webhelper Definition of Cool Web Search or CWS for Short
C. Criteria I Use For My Investigative Research
II. Historical Overview of the CWS
CWS Groups Historical Overview From 2003 To Nov 2005
III. The Webhelper CWS Diaries
A. November 2005
IV. The CWS Groups and Their Histories (These will be added very soon)
A. Feel Media Group: from Datanotary.com to today's Martfinder.com
B. 008k.com - Petro-line Gang (looking-for.cc, lookfor.cc, searchv.com,)
C. AliBaba & 40 Loop Back Gang ( Hijacks to Searchadv.com as of 2005)
D. J Cactus Dimpy Gang (Most Dangerous of all Gangs)
E. VladZone (Slemshield, Slimfind, adslim.com)
F. Asher Nahmais (i–search.com, iexplorer.reg ) uses *.reg files to hijack with
G. Esthost,Estdomains,est-corp - Estonia group
H. Henry Bison (find4u.com) Finish/Estonia gang
I. Security Scam Hijackers
J. Coolwebsearch.com
K. Umaxsearch - searchadv.com (Russian affiliate program like Coolwebsearch.com
L. Wallace Sandford Defualt-Homepage-Networks Hijacker and Scare Scams for spydeleter till FTC closed down in 2004
V. CWS Sites Lists
A. CWS Sites Sorted By IP Address
B. CWS Sites Sorted By Domains
C. Specialisted CWS Lists By Groups
VI. Index Of Past CWS Writings
VII. Support Forums and Other Help Resources
A. CastleCops (Also provide support in other languages)
B. Spywarewarrior.com
C. Freedomlist.com
D. Carma Blog and Forum
E. Landzdown.com Adaware and Hijackthis Specialists
F. Bluetack (BISS) (Internet Security Solutions)
G. MVPS.org Host file
H. IE-Spyad - Eric Howes Blocking lists
I. Maddoktor2 (Spyware Beware)
VII. Additional Readings and Resources
A. Merijn's Cool Web Search Chronicles May 27, 2003 to April 17, 2004
B. The CLSID / BHO List / Toolbar Master List
This is the Master BHO and Toolbar list by Tony Klein and CastleCops
C. HijackThis log tutorial
D. ActiveX Objects (Downloaded Program Files) aka O16
E. Startup Programs List
Direct Link To Webhelper's CWS Diaries
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As of January 2, 2006, I now have all my CWS lists including the master in excel format online:
Sorted by IP Address (Text format) http://webhelper4u.com/CWS2/cwslists/cwsbyip.txt
Sorted by Domains (Text Format) http://webhelper4u.com/CWS2/cwslists/cwsalpha.txt
MS Office Excel format contains more indepth information on the sites listed.
http://webhelper4u.com/CWS2/cwslists/cwsmasterlist.xls
I have links to the excel viewer if needed:
http://webhelper4u.com/CWS/index.html
webhelper
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The CWS Groups and Their Histories
Update: Jan 7
A: Feel Media Group: from Datanotary.com to today's Martfinder.com
B: 008k.com - Petro-line Gang
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Jan 19
Reprinted with permission by WebhelperRazespyware and its whois CWS owner Pantier Co
Razespyware has been on the rise via CWS infestations and many are looking for information about them. razespyware.net which has the razespyware whois now shows a one Painter Co or aka Pant co who have been a known linked to the CWS world for a long time with its many porn sites.
In August 2005, I did a write up about a scare ad page for Razespyware that redirected to a major (vxiframe.biz- cactus @ asdbiz.biz) CWS infester and hijacker. Today Razespyware is being
used by many of the major CWS hijackers but it is their whois owner that I have made a PDF document about for today. Later I will be talking about the Nelroy Ltd. that is shown in the Company info page at their site.
August 2005 write up:
The CWS hackers look like they are starting to spread to what was once thought to be the safe part of the Internet!
http://webhelper4u.com/CWS/Research/screen…iteexploit.html
Jan 19, 2006 PDF on the Painter Co infestaions and Rzespyware installs:
http://webhelper4u.com/CWSDiaries/painter_…razespyware.pdf
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CWS Sites Lists Updates Jan 22, 2006
Text format sorted by Domains (0 -Z)
http://webhelper4u.com/CWS2/cwslists/cwsalpha.txt
Text format sorted by IP addresses:
http://webhelper4u.com/CWS2/cwslists/cwsbyip.txt
Also the Master CWS list in Excel Spreadsheet format has been updated
http://webhelper4u.com/CWS2/cwslists/cwsmasterlist.xls
For all above an others see the CWS Main Index:
CWS Main Index
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JAN 27
VladZone Sites Now in My Site - pass the word to block
These are linked to the CWS desktop take overs and scare ads for anti-spyware scams, so because of their history and their sites that are part of the desktop scare scams with CWS they are now going to all be listed at my site.
SMART-SECURITY.INFO, adslim.com, SLEMSHIELD.COM
Listing
http://webhelper4u.com/CWS/cws_vladzones.html
Screenshots of various scare scams that happen after you are infested.
****
http://www.webhelper4u.com/CWS/greg-search…screenshot.html
securityiguard
http://www.webhelper4u.com/CWS/Research/sc…ktopsearch.html
isrvs isearch
http://webhelper4u.com/CWS/Research/screen…pywarescam.html
slimshield scam - topantispywares
http://webhelper4u.com/CWS/Research/screen…re_tactics_.htm
trojan-spy.HTML.smitfraud.c and w32.hllp.spreda.b.spy
http://webhelper4u.com/CWS/Research/screen…idinfected.html
stealthSWs114.h!dll hoax
[external image: Posted Image] WebhelperLots of Updates and More to come
Sites Listing Updates
http://webhelper4u.com/CWS2/cwslists/cwsalpha.txt
NOTE: As I have over 3500 sites listed,
sometimes a duplicate entry may be found which I am correcting but it will be slow
All sites listed here are either linked to sites that run exploits,
are found in the code of CWS files that have been infested on computers,
or their whois with their mostly faked owners and or emails are
registered to other domains that run the CWS exploits.
http://webhelper4u.com/CWS2/cwslists/cwsbyip.txt
NOTE: As I have over 1400 sites listed,
sometimes a duplicate entry may be found.
All sites listed here are either linked to sites that run exploits,
are found in the code of CWS files that have been infested on computers,
or their whois with their mostly faked owners and or emails are
registered to other domains that run the CWS exploits.
http://webhelper4u.com/CWS2/cwslists/cwsmasterlist.xls
http://webhelper4u.com/CWS2/cwslists/groupssites.xls
(Group spreadsheet contains the worst of the worst)
Anything in red indicates a zero day exploit
Whois History Time Line of the Klik Gang and Rogues
Anti Spyware Apps
http://webhelper4u.com/CWSDiaries/Rogues_and_Klik_gang1.pdf
Rogues covered are:
Adwarebazooka.com
adwaredelete.com
Adwarepunisher.com
antivirus-gold.com
antivirus-gold.com
Hitvirus.com
razespyware.net
Remedyantispy.com
spydemolisher.com
Spyiblock.com
spysheriff.com
spytrooper.com
spywareno.com
thespyguard.com
All call:
traffweb.biz/dl/error.php
First zero day exploit:
traffweb.biz/dl/adv799/fillmemadv799.htm
traffweb.biz/dl/adv799/bag.htm
Second zero day exploit
traffweb.biz/dl/xpladv799.wmf
CHM exploit
traffweb.biz/dl/adv799/x.chm
ByteVerify Java Exploit
traffweb.biz/dl/adv799/loaderadv799.jar
Main Trojan Installer
traffweb.biz/dl/adv799/win32.exe
All these sites belong with the above traffweb and all call the traffweb.biz
85.249.19.122
wwise.biz
jason coffman
Philadelphia PA US
admin @ iframecash.biz
[removed]
8-extreme.biz
Gaylen Goldston
Belle Plaine KS US
admin @ toolbarweb.biz
[removed]
Gaylen Goldston
Belle Plaine KS US
abuse @ 8-extreme.biz
5-extreme.biz
4-extreme.biz
7-extreme.biz
6-extreme.biz
3-extreme.biz
2-extreme.biz
1-extreme.biz
[removed]
extrememoney.biz
Henry Nery
Henderson NV US
darkgt @ mail.ru
traffbest.biz
traffbucks.biz
traffcool.biz
traffdollars.biz
traffmoney.biz
traffnew.biz
traffsale1.biz
traffweb.biz
/progs/
ms1.txt
kl.txt
secure32.html
hosts.txt
toolbar.txt
de.txt
au.txt
us.txt
it.txt
paytime.txt
tool1.txt
tool2.txt
tool3.txt
tool4.txt
tool5.txt
Replacement for game4all.biz
217.107.217.184
traff4all.biz
D B kog
omsk RU
test @ test.ua
Text format:
http://webhelper4u.com/CWS2/cwslists/cwsbyip.txt
http://webhelper4u.com/CWS2/cwslists/cwsalpha.txt
Excel Spreadsheet format: contains complete histories
http://webhelper4u.com/CWS2/cwslists/cwsmasterlist.xls Size 972KB
In the spreadsheet, I have all new ones under the Sites Added April 2006 tab
This also includes the highconvert.com/instllme John Miller aka sp2f(word).biz new sites, vip01.biz to vip15.biz. I will go into more detail later but we must block the IP as the files all come from that and is called from traffweb.biz and installs desktop hijack for alfacleaner and drops what we call the BigBlue identity theft keyloggers named for the IBM000#.dll files and transmits to the instme.biz IP via FTP the users email logins, passwords and protected storage data. They are right now in the middle of changing their methods and I have been watching them in real time That is how far ahead of them I am now compared to last year. Like the transponder gang of old, if they sneeze I am going to know it.
The JFP Group tab is the John Miller, Nick Fedorov, Vasiliy Pupkin. The cactus tab is the traff4all,game4all aka vxiframe crew.
As a treat in August of 2005, we uncovered a document in Russian at instme.biz and just last Friday at highconvert.com we snagged an updated copy of how they operated in Russian (Sunbelt-software has many who speak a lot of languages )
August 2005
http://www.webhelper4u.com/CWS2/jcactusdimpy/crims.pdf
April 2006
http://www.webhelper4u.com/CWS2/jcactusdim…_Adware_v01.pdf
Anyway, it refers to the yapsearch.com which also includes the yapbrowser.com which they bill it as safe:
"..There is a 100% guarantee no system infection will occur when using our software. YapBrowser is the only browser which gives you safe search and browsing capabilities…"
The install popup will get you:
YapBrowser is FREE,
thanks to Zango. Why? Because it’s paid for by advertising.
Now the document in Russian on highconvert that runs the worst exploits and has all the traffweb and james wurster sites and also deals in kiddie porn at their russian sites along with identity theft key loggers and wmf exploits has Zango on board with them.
As I use to ssay I am the Keeper of the Internet Histories and the Webhelper sees all!
Reprinted with permission by Webhelper
And so it now begins once again after reading the 5 exhibits of emails referencing me since 2004 by the Transponder Gang…………
Main Menu
http://webhelper4u.com/transpondergang2006/index.html
Write ups and Spreadsheets of Transponder and their distributors sites.
Exhibit e76 24 March 2004. Email from the owners of Cosmicvillage about my finding on 18 March 2004 where an activeX secretly installed the twaintec variant for getting a Free Astrology reading at CosmicVillage.com
http://webhelper4u.com/transpondergang2006…dexhibit76.html
Webhelper Sites List Update 18 April 2006
CWS Lists
By IP
http://webhelper4u.com/CWS/index.html
Alpha Sorted
http://webhelper4u.com/CWS2/cwslists/cwsalpha.txt
IP Sorted
http://webhelper4u.com/CWS2/cwslists/cwsbyip.txt
Excel Spreadsheet
http://webhelper4u.com/CWS2/cwslists/cwsmasterlist.xls
Direct Revenue Transponder Gang
Transponder gang and Minsetinteractive/vistainteractivemedia
http://webhelper4u.com/transpondergang2006…istributors.xls
Direct Revenue Distributors
http://webhelper4u.com/transpondergang2006…istributors.xls
Excel Spreadsheets
Requirements will be that you either have MS Office Excel or you can download from Microsoft their free Excel Viewer 2003. To get the viewer go to: Microsoft.com and download and install it http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details…&DisplayLang=en. Installer is 9.97MB