Re: Malware and Botnets

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What's in a Name? wrote:

> > Here's the link for the BBC iPlayer facility:
> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00jc...ick_14_03_2009/
>
> some of us are not in the UK...
> "Currently BBC iPlayer TV programmes are available to play in the UK
> only"

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Currently BBC iPlayer TV programmes are available to play in the UK
only, but all BBC iPlayer Radio programmes are available to you. Why?

Can I use BBC iPlayer outside the UK?

Rights agreements mean that BBC iPlayer television programmes are only
available to users to download or stream (Click to Play) in the UK.
However, we are aware of demand for an international version.

Most radio programmes are available outside the UK in addition to
podcasts, although sporting and other programmes may be subject to
rights agreements.

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Question:
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I don't know what the "BBC iPlayer" is. So I don't know if I, being in
(some other country), do not have the right to use the "BBC iPlayer", or
if I do not have the right to view the specific material or content.

If the latter, please explain why I, being in (some other country),
would not have the right to view the material or content. Is it because
some other entity in (some other country) has the rights to broadcast or
distribute this content? If so, who is this entity? If not, then who's
rights would be violated if you allowed me to view this material?

Bogus name, A city in Some other Country
utility_email_address_#3-at-yahoo.com
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"Virus Guy" wrote in message
news:49BD0E11.F7D8EDC8@Guy.com...
> What's in a Name? wrote:
>
>> > Here's the link for the BBC iPlayer facility:
>> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00jc...ick_14_03_2009/
>>
>> some of us are not in the UK...
>> "Currently BBC iPlayer TV programmes are available to play in the UK
>> only"
>
> ------------------
> Currently BBC iPlayer TV programmes are available to play in the UK
> only, but all BBC iPlayer Radio programmes are available to you. Why?
>
> Can I use BBC iPlayer outside the UK?
>
> Rights agreements mean that BBC iPlayer television programmes are only
> available to users to download or stream (Click to Play) in the UK.
> However, we are aware of demand for an international version.
>
Unless you have an IP spoofing program.
 
Andrew Taylor wrote:
> "Virus Guy" wrote in message
> news:49BD0E11.F7D8EDC8@Guy.com...
>> What's in a Name? wrote:
>>
>>>> Here's the link for the BBC iPlayer facility:
>>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00jc...ick_14_03_2009/
>>> some of us are not in the UK...
>>> "Currently BBC iPlayer TV programmes are available to play in the UK
>>> only"
>> ------------------
>> Currently BBC iPlayer TV programmes are available to play in the UK
>> only, but all BBC iPlayer Radio programmes are available to you. Why?
>>
>> Can I use BBC iPlayer outside the UK?
>>
>> Rights agreements mean that BBC iPlayer television programmes are only
>> available to users to download or stream (Click to Play) in the UK.
>> However, we are aware of demand for an international version.
>>
> Unless you have an IP spoofing program.
>
>

Can you watch that programme, Andrew?

Quote:

However, the technique does *not* allow for anonymous Internet access,
which is a common misconception for those unfamiliar with the practice.

See: Misconceptions of IP Spoofing, here:
http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1674
 
~BD~ wrote:

> >> Rights agreements mean that BBC iPlayer television programmes
> >> are only available to users to download or stream (Click to
> >> Play) in the UK. However, we are aware of demand for an
> >> international version.

> > Unless you have an IP spoofing program.
>
> Can you watch that programme, Andrew?

Any attempt to view or retrieve content from the net by spoofing your IP
address will result in that content being transmitted to the spoofed
address, which naturally is not your address so that material won't
reach you.

Trying to get that material by using a proxy is the only solution.

And I still don't understand what "rights" issue is regarding this BBC
thing.

Is it that

1) the iPlayer software they provide is only licensed for use on
PC's in the UK? or

2) Is the BBC content material that is only licensed to be viewed
on PC's within the UK?

If (1) then why does the BBC choose to use that rights-crippled method
of content delivery, when they could have chosen another form of
multimedia format?

If (2) then what other entity has the rights to the material outside the
UK?

I suspect that the real answer is that the BBC does not want to "waste"
bandwidth on people that want to watch their content who reside outside
the UK, and they give a bogus explanation that the reason has something
to do with copyright or similar.
 
"~BD~" wrote in message
news:gpkv0e$6c9$1@nntp.motzarella.org...
>
> Can you watch that programme, Andrew?
>
> Quote:
>
> However, the technique does *not* allow for anonymous Internet access,
> which is a common misconception for those unfamiliar with the practice.
>
> See: Misconceptions of IP Spoofing, here:
> http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1674

The program my friend uses shows a map, you click on it and your IP is
adjusted to an IP address from that country. It isn't 'anonymous'.
 
"Virus Guy" wrote in message
news:49BE5801.DE30BA6B@Guy.com...
>
> And I still don't understand what "rights" issue is regarding this BBC
> thing.
>
> Is it that
>
> 1) the iPlayer software they provide is only licensed for use on
> PC's in the UK? or
>
> 2) Is the BBC content material that is only licensed to be viewed
> on PC's within the UK?
>
> If (1) then why does the BBC choose to use that rights-crippled method
> of content delivery, when they could have chosen another form of
> multimedia format?
>
> If (2) then what other entity has the rights to the material outside the
> UK?
>
> I suspect that the real answer is that the BBC does not want to "waste"
> bandwidth on people that want to watch their content who reside outside
> the UK, and they give a bogus explanation that the reason has something
> to do with copyright or similar.

It is basically number 2 except is it television content, that is also
viewed on a PC. The BBC is a government operated corporation/business and
content is paid for by a compulsory system whereby ANYONE who owns a
television receiver has to pay a license fee, of around £125.00 per year. If
you don't pay it you end up in court and they have detector vans roaming the
streets pinpointing those who don't have a license. In reality, they expect
every household in the UK to have at least one television, so they just sit
outside houses that don't have a license. The detector vans can pinpoint the
room the television is in and also tell you what programme you are watching.

Basically, if you haven't paid for your UK television license, you can't
view content of television programmes online.
 
Andrew Taylor wrote:
> "~BD~" wrote in message
> news:gpkv0e$6c9$1@nntp.motzarella.org...
>> Can you watch that programme, Andrew?
>>
>> Quote:
>>
>> However, the technique does *not* allow for anonymous Internet access,
>> which is a common misconception for those unfamiliar with the practice.
>>
>> See: Misconceptions of IP Spoofing, here:
>> http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1674
>
> The program my friend uses shows a map, you click on it and your IP is
> adjusted to an IP address from that country. It isn't 'anonymous'.
>
>

Two things!

*Did* you get to watch the programme?

Are you going to tell us more about your 'friend's' programme? I'm sure
others would be interested!
wink.gif
 
Andrew Taylor wrote:

> > And I still don't understand what "rights" issue is regarding this
> > BBC thing.
>
> It is basically number 2 except is it television content, that is also
> viewed on a PC.

When you're prevented from viewing something, and the reason is some
sort of rights infringement, that means someone else has the rights to
distribute or broadcast the material in the country you are in.

What entity could possibly have purchased the rights for the BBC
web-cast material in question outside the UK?

> The BBC is a government operated corporation/business and content
> is paid for by a compulsory system whereby ANYONE who owns a television
> receiver has to pay a license fee, of around £125.00 per year.

But if I'm in the UK, and don't have a TV, but I do have an internet
connection and a computer, then explain how (or why) I'm allowed to use
the Iplayer and view the BBC material - seemingly without paying any
television license fee?

> Basically, if you haven't paid for your UK television license, you
> can't view content of television programmes online.

How do they know that someone viewing the material on-line in the UK has
also paid their TV license fee - or how do the know if you have a
television in the first place?
 
"~BD~" wrote in message
news:gpn1n4$92r$1@nntp.motzarella.org...
>>
>
> Two things!
>
> *Did* you get to watch the programme?

No, two things.
1. No time
2. No IP spoofing program
>
> Are you going to tell us more about your 'friend's' programme? I'm sure
> others would be interested!
wink.gif


He is a part time chef at work and he brought his laptop computer into the
kitchen 2 weeks ago. I remember him showing me the program, but not the name
of it. I will try and remember to ask him today as he is working from 4 - 7
for St Patricks Day bookings.
 
"Virus Guy" wrote in message
news:49BF0C2C.C926944C@Guy.com...
> Andrew Taylor wrote:
>
>> > And I still don't understand what "rights" issue is regarding this
>> > BBC thing.
>>
>> It is basically number 2 except is it television content, that is also
>> viewed on a PC.
>
> When you're prevented from viewing something, and the reason is some
> sort of rights infringement, that means someone else has the rights to
> distribute or broadcast the material in the country you are in.

OK, BBC = British Broadcasting Corporation, the biggest in the UK and the
only one own by the Government. No-one else has the rights, only them and
why they only allow people in the UK (Britain) to view. No other countries
allowed.
>
> What entity could possibly have purchased the rights for the BBC
> web-cast material in question outside the UK?
>
>> The BBC is a government operated corporation/business and content
>> is paid for by a compulsory system whereby ANYONE who owns a television
>> receiver has to pay a license fee, of around £125.00 per year.
>
> But if I'm in the UK, and don't have a TV, but I do have an internet
> connection and a computer, then explain how (or why) I'm allowed to use
> the Iplayer and view the BBC material - seemingly without paying any
> television license fee?

As I said, they assume EVERYONE in the UK has a television licence and that
is pretty much true. There are only 5 television channels transmitted over
air by transmitters as opposed to satellite. The Channels are BBC1, BBC1,
Independent Television (ITV - regional), Channel 4, and Channel 5. The two
BBC channels do not carry advertising and therefore derive income via the
license fee. The license fee allows you to watch BBC1 and BBC2, the others
are not included in the license, but, there is no such thing as a selective
television tuner that will only show you the 'free' channels. Various people
have tried every trick in the books to fight court cases to avoid having a
license, but none have won. I remember one case where a television was only
used (in the defendants words, 'for the kid to play his Atari game'. This
was ruled inadmissable as the TV had a tuner and they could have watched BBC
television programs if they wanted.
>
>> Basically, if you haven't paid for your UK television license, you
>> can't view content of television programmes online.
>
> How do they know that someone viewing the material on-line in the UK has
> also paid their TV license fee - or how do the know if you have a
> television in the first place?

Everyone in the UK has a television, everyone pays the license fee, they
(the BBC) know which ones haven't paid their licence fee and will be
receiving a visit from the detector van shortly. When you buy a new
television from a retailer, the retailer informs the Television Licensing
Authority (another guvvmint outfit) that you have a new Sony 43" plasma and
gives them your address. They check the records, and if no license
registered, you get a letter suggesting you don't have a license and that
they know you have purchased a new television. Yes, it's Big Brother post
1984.
 
Andrew Taylor wrote:
> "~BD~" wrote in message
> news:gpn1n4$92r$1@nntp.motzarella.org...
>> Two things!
>>
>> *Did* you get to watch the programme?
>
> No, two things.
> 1. No time


That's sad!
sad.gif



> 2. No IP spoofing program


You may be able to watch extracts here:
http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/03/1...otnet-send-spam


>> Are you going to tell us more about your 'friend's' programme? I'm sure
>> others would be interested!
wink.gif

>
> He is a part time chef at work and he brought his laptop computer into the
> kitchen 2 weeks ago. I remember him showing me the program, but not the name
> of it. I will try and remember to ask him today as he is working from 4 - 7
> for St Patricks Day bookings.
>
>

I'll watch out for your resulting follow-up Andrew!

Ah, t'be sure, 'twill be busy t'day!
smile.gif
 
An email message received from a friend today says:-

"Know anyone who's a Mac user?"

"Then let them know that malware researchers have discovered what
appears to be the first Mac OSX botnet, aka MacBot or iBotnet and its
receiving a substantial amount of industry and media interest.

Early estimates suggest that thousands of people have unknowingly
downloaded the infected files. Don't let yourself be one of them...

In a nutshell the botnet is launching a number of malware variants
inside pirated copies of popular Mac based software in order to take
control of the infected Mac machine.

First and foremost make sure that you and your fellow Mac users,
exercise caution, have Mac specific security software installed and that
your existing version of iAntiVirus is up to date - there's a free
version or you can purchase a version with full functionality and
support for only $29.95.

It's also vital that you enable and install the latest Mac security
updates".

Regards
PC Tools Team

http://www.iantivirus.com/
 
"~BD~" wrote in message
news:gsevgo$4rf$1@news.motzarella.org...
> An email message received from a friend today says:-
> "Know anyone who's a Mac user?"
> "Then let them know that malware researchers have discovered what
> appears to be the first Mac OSX botnet, aka MacBot or iBotnet and its
> receiving a substantial amount of industry and media interest.
> Early estimates suggest that thousands of people have unknowingly
> downloaded the infected files. Don't let yourself be one of them...
> In a nutshell the botnet is launching a number of malware variants
> inside pirated copies of popular Mac based software in order to take
> control of the infected Mac machine.
> First and foremost make sure that you and your fellow Mac users,
> exercise caution, have Mac specific security software installed and
> that your existing version of iAntiVirus is up to date - there's a
> free version or you can purchase a version with full functionality and
> support for only $29.95.
> It's also vital that you enable and install the latest Mac security
> updates".
> Regards
> PC Tools Team
> http://www.iantivirus.com/

Multiple Vulnerabilities in iAntiVirus:
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501649/30/0/threaded

-jen
 
~BD~ wrote:

> In a nutshell the botnet is launching a number of malware variants
> inside pirated copies of popular Mac based software

Pirated software?

Apple / Mac?

And here I thought the Mac world was this utopian, perfect ecosystem
where everything (except the hardware) is free.

----------

And why was this cross-posted to microsoft.public.test.here?

And paradoxically, only to microsoft.* groups? Not to any Mac or
general malware groups?
 
jen wrote:
> "~BD~" wrote in message
> news:gsevgo$4rf$1@news.motzarella.org...
>> An email message received from a friend today says:-
>> "Know anyone who's a Mac user?"
>> "Then let them know that malware researchers have discovered what
>> appears to be the first Mac OSX botnet, aka MacBot or iBotnet and its
>> receiving a substantial amount of industry and media interest.
>> Early estimates suggest that thousands of people have unknowingly
>> downloaded the infected files. Don't let yourself be one of them...
>> In a nutshell the botnet is launching a number of malware variants
>> inside pirated copies of popular Mac based software in order to take
>> control of the infected Mac machine.
>> First and foremost make sure that you and your fellow Mac users,
>> exercise caution, have Mac specific security software installed and
>> that your existing version of iAntiVirus is up to date - there's a
>> free version or you can purchase a version with full functionality and
>> support for only $29.95.
>> It's also vital that you enable and install the latest Mac security
>> updates".
>> Regards
>> PC Tools Team
>> http://www.iantivirus.com/
>
> Multiple Vulnerabilities in iAntiVirus:
> http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501649/30/0/threaded
>
> -jen
>
>

Thank you, '-jen'. Read with interest!

In your view, which (if any) anti-malware programmes *are* suitable for
use with a Mac? I know a number of people using a Mac now but none uses
any 'protection' at all.

--
Dave
 
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