| | | | | experts, and the most ingenuous users are already |
| | | | shocked. |
| You surf Internet and suddenly your attention's | | | | |
| attracted by the link "Test your PC for hackers | | | | For those who haven't still been impressed the authors |
| attacks vulnerability" or "Is your PC safe?", or anything | | | | prepared another pass: "This window will display the list |
| alike. | | | | of files stored in your hard disk". Impossible! The user |
| | | | | clicks and indeed (!) to his unspeakable horror sees his |
| You enter the site which offers to push the button to | | | | files. Actually the launched script just shows to the PC |
| immediately see: your IP address (a unique number of | | | | owner his own files LOCALLY, but it looks like they |
| your machine), which net do you use, which city do | | | | are on the web-page, and the poor user gives up. |
| you live, who's your internet provider , your browser | | | | |
| version, which ports are open, perhaps which OS is | | | | The most impressive special effect is arranged for the |
| installed. | | | | most careless users. If the printer is open to access |
| | | | | (sometimes it happens), it will print: "Greetings from |
| All these tricks are ridiculous for network professionals | | | | hackers!" The user feels helpless. You would say so |
| as such information is absolutely not a secret. The | | | | what, just a harmless joke, where's the profit? Here |
| data you see is the result of the standard requests to | | | | you are: "Download right now this safety software at |
| various net services like, for example WHOIS, a | | | | just 49.99 bucks" The result is known. It may be even |
| wide-used protocol aimed to find information about | | | | some antivirus for a change. However, most probably |
| networks. However, the site is not designed for the | | | | it will be a Trojan. |