thesource.ofallevil.com ?

J

JanJ

PA Bear said:
Previous conversations about this:


http://groups.google.com/groups/sea...hesource+++ofallevil+group:microsoft.public.*
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Thanx PA Bear. I read the threads, but there is one question I can't find an
answer to. This site has a Live-ID sign-in button. Clicking it sends you
straight to login.live.com, which is a legit MS site. Still I wonder, can
thesource.ofallevil.com intercept a Live-ID and password when you enter this
info at live.com, having been referred from the non-MS site first? Not that
I'm willing to try...

I find it strange that login.live.com appears to be down when I'm referred
from there, but it's not when I click a sign-in button at Microsoft.com.

Also, does anybody know who is actually operating thesource.ofallevil.com?

JJ
 
P

PA Bear [MS MVP]

JanJ said:
Thanx PA Bear. I read the threads, but there is one question I can't find
an
answer to. This site has a Live-ID sign-in button. Clicking it sends you
straight to login.live.com, which is a legit MS site. Still I wonder, can
thesource.ofallevil.com intercept a Live-ID and password when you enter
this
info at live.com, having been referred from the non-MS site first? Not
that
I'm willing to try...

I find it strange that login.live.com appears to be down when I'm referred
from there, but it's not when I click a sign-in button at Microsoft.com.

Also, does anybody know who is actually operating thesource.ofallevil.com?
Click to expand...

All I can tell you is the MS is aware of it. Given their reluctance to say
anything else publicly and the fact that the link still takes you to a real
MS page, one might assume MS (now) owns the domain.
 
J

JanJ

PA Bear said:
All I can tell you is the MS is aware of it. Given their reluctance to say
anything else publicly and the fact that the link still takes you to a real
MS page, one might assume MS (now) owns the domain.
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A cheap SEO trick, then. Who'd guess... Thanx for replying. Anyway, think
I'm gonna watch carefully for what "Microsoft" sites show up in web searches
from now on.

JJ
 
J

JanJ

C.B. said:
Mr. Dyer,

Is Site Advisor compatible with Vista? Have you seen any posts stating
that Site Advisor has caused any problems?
Thank you for any assistance provided.

C.B.
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I took PA Bear's advice and installed SiteAdvisor on my XP-Vista dual boot
machine. Works just fine on both systems, although it slows down the loading
of IE a bit, but I think it's worth it.

JJ
 
C

C.B.

JanJ said:
I took PA Bear's advice and installed SiteAdvisor on my XP-Vista dual boot
machine. Works just fine on both systems, although it slows down the
loading
of IE a bit, but I think it's worth it.

JJ
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JJ,

Thank you for the reply. I appreciate the information. I'm not
concerned about the load time of IE or the speed at which I can access a
webpage.
I'm more concerned with security, even though it is a rare occasion for
me to get any type of spyware or adware on this system. I haven't had any
true malware during the past three years.
As you are already aware, the amount of infections you get on your
system is directly related to your computing habits.
Again, thank you for the reply.

C.B.
 
S

SG

JJ,

Little more research on this and appears MS does own it.

Order 1
IP Address 207.46.19.254
Status Succeed
Country USA - Washington
Network Name MICROSOFT-GLOBAL-NET
Owner Name Microsoft Corp
From IP 207.46.0.0
To IP 207.46.255.255
Allocated Yes
Contact Name Microsoft Corp
Address One Microsoft Way
Redmond

Email (e-mail address removed)
Abuse Email (e-mail address removed)
Phone +1-425-882-8080
Fax
Whois Source ARIN
Host Name thesource.ofallevil.com
Resolved Name wwwbaytest2.microsoft.com


--
All the best,
SG

Is your computer system ready for Vista?
https://winqual.microsoft.com/hcl/
 
J

JanJ

SG said:
Little more research on this and appears MS does own it.

Order 1
IP Address 207.46.19.254
Status Succeed
Country USA - Washington
Network Name MICROSOFT-GLOBAL-NET
Owner Name Microsoft Corp
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Seems MS owns the subdomain, it's strange they don't just redirect it to
microsoft.com. I just whois'ed for ofallevil.com the first time, when this TX
ISP showed up.

Anyway, you found the answer to my question, SG. This isn't a phishing site.

Thanx,

JJ
 
S

Steve Riley [MSFT]

It isn't ours.

Several years ago someone registered the ofallevil.com domain, then setup a
DNS server with a "thesource" CNAME that points thesource.ofallevil.com to
www.microsoft.com.

Although it's pretty juvenile behavior, it isn't illegal, and there's really
nothing we can do about it. Periodically the owner of this domain moves it
from one registrar to another. Here's where it sits now:
http://samspade.org/whois?query=ofallevil.com;server=auto

--
Steve Riley
(e-mail address removed)
http://blogs.technet.com/steriley
http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com
 

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