Porn-napping: Kinder, Gentler, & Sneakier

[Art Wolinsky <awolinsky@OII.ORG>]

Hi Folks,

Something new is on the horizon.  I just had a report that turned out to be
a kinder, gentler, and sneakier sort of redirecting.

You may be familiar with the Ebert and Roeper movie reviews.  Their real
site is http://www.ebert-movies.com .

Well there are two sites; ebertandroper.com and ebertandroeper.com , that
redirect you to places you never intended to go.  The first site is what we
are used to seeing.  It takes you to the entrance of a porn site.  However,
the second one is REALLY sneaky.

If you type that name on the URL line, you will end up at what appears to
be a page at eBay and a pop-up dialog box telling you that you won Virtual
Reality Casino.  The message tells you to click on OK to collect your +$200
bonus.  If you do so, as you would expect, you go to the casino.  If you
click Cancel,  surprisingly, your mouse is NOT trapped and you can cruise
eBay, BUT you are still inside the ebertandroeper site.  The eBay window is
actually captured in a frame that is the full size of the screen.

If you investigate the HTML code, you see that the eBay page actually comes
via http://www.bestofonline.com which is little more than a collection of
ads that are arranged as a sort of cyber mall that links you to a large
number of legitimate sites.

They are getting slick and this can be the beginning of a whole new trend
that uses captured sites to redirect people to less offensive ad than porn,
but with just as much distraction and disruption to the educational process.

You can find out more about these particular sites by visiting the
http://oii.org/html/ebert.html

Don't forget to report any porn-napping, redirects, or similar sleaze to
http://oii.org/html/porn-napping.shtml

Take care,
Art

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  Art Wolinsky                        awolinsky@oii.org
  OII Technology Director         http://oii.org
  (609) 597-9481 ext
337
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I am perfectly capable of learning from my mistakes.
I will surely learn a great deal today.
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