Complaint Review: Alyon Technologies - Norcross Georgia

Brian,

I agree with you, we should not have to deal with these kinds of things. However, we need your help to put a stop to this criminal scam BEFORE they ruin our credit and victimize many more innocent people. Every complaint is needed for the authorities to see the pattern of abuse by this company. PLEASE file complaints with all authorities listed in the Rip-Off Reports.

These people are organized criminals, targeting ANYONE who has Internet access, (and some who do not have Internet access). They are specifically targeting children and teens more often than other unknowing individuals.

This 'nocreditcard pornography' CRIMINAL SCAM must be stopped! If you cannot verify age with proper ID such as a credit card, then adult sites SHOULD NOT BE ACCESSIBLE!

This was a very cleverly planned and executed CRIMINAL SCAM. To advertise "nocreditcard pornography pop-up" ads primarily on children/teen sites, SELF DOWNLOAD and INSTALL firewall-killers, spyware, trojan worms and dialers, send (censored)bills to owners of the telephone lines.

These 'pornography pop-ups' and 'pornography emails' are SET to automatically download and install Alyon/eGroup's products NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO.

Alyon and eGroup's 'POP-UP' AND 'DRIVE-BY' DOWNLOADS AND INSTALLATIONS

Some of the ILLEGAL DOWNLOAD and INSTALLATION ITEMS INCLUDE: minidialer, iedisco.exe, elksoftfirewallkiller, I-Worm.sobig, IEAccess/IEAccess2, StripPlayer, forgetfirst, dialsecond, activestripsetup.dll, openme.exe, PopupToOpen, ExitPopupCBUrl-http://usa-network.video-party.com/index, ExitPopupUrl-http://auth.us.egwn.net/get-ani.php, IEAccessUAH-http://www.normal.video-party.com, Electronic Billing System, Data F-http://www.normal.video-party.com, blacklist, video, egroup, alyon.net, xww.de, start-up, hooker, strip, worm, sobig, ACX_Install, VLoading, ActiveStripSetup, and many more malicious items.

Many of these items SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.

And yes, Ms. McAlister, YOUR PRODUCTS ARE VIRUSES OR TROJAN WORMS!

Stephane Toubal, Tina McAlister, Tina Whitfield, and Joe Doherty are the "Just-Gotta-Make-A-Buck-Off-Some-Victim-At-Any-Cost" kind of people. When interviewed by WWOR TV, Mr. Toubal said we are ALL (censored)! ALL OF US, Mr. Toubal? HOW CAN THAT BE? I suppose this would include the City Hall in Oklahoma, the Church in South Carolina, and the HUNDREDS OF INNOCENT VICTIMS who have come forward and filed complaints.

(Many have recommended saving these items to a disk for evidence before deleting them.)
Search your computer for 'mini dialer and 'iedisco.exe' and delete them. They have created a folder called 'eGroup'- find and delete it. They have also made changes to your Windows Registry. (See Rip-Off Report #45776 - items found in Windows Registry.) There are many Rip-Off Reports with instructions on finding and removing Alyon/eGroup's "POP-UP" and "DRIVE-BY" DOWNLOADS AND INSTALLATIONS. Spybot S&D with the latest updates will find and remove ALL of Alyon/eGroup's items, if you cannot manually remove them. *Use at your own risk*

The so-called "numerous safeguards" that Detective David Cheek (GCPD) claims are in place to prevent 'unintentional access' to the material provided by Alyon/eGroup NEVER APPEARED on our computer screens. Read on--Norton Works, doxdesk.com, and spywareguide.com will explain WHY they never appeared on our screens.

Norton Works classifies Alyon/eGroup's software as "Nuissanceware and Dialerware that takes advantage of flaws in the computer web browser."

This is what www.spywareguide.com and www.doxdesk.com have to say about Alyon/eGroup and their products:

Electronic Group: Be EXTREMELY careful viewing pages made by these people: many of their pages exploit IE security holes (particularly the Content-Disposition zero-byte-in-extension bug) to insert their certificates into your Trusted Publishers list, allowing THEM TO INSTALL THEIR PROGRAMS AUTOMATICALLY.

E-group uses security holes in Internet Explorer for installing their software. Seems to have a secret relationship with alyon.net (Alyon should be their competitor, but Alyon has it's support pages on egwn.net)

Products by Alyon/eGroup:
Stripplayer and IEAccess/IEAccess2

eGroup Product: Stripplayer
Full Name: StripPlayer Websearch Type: Dialer Also Known as: strip-player StripSetup
Created by: Electronic Group
Danger Level: 3 Level 3: Minimal Threat
May profile users or broadcast data back to a server with ("opt-out") permission. Removal is hard.

Comment: Installed by ActiveX 'DRIVE-BY-DOWNLOAD' on porn related pages WHICH MIGHT BE OPENED BY "POP-UP ADVERTISING". Installation can happen "TOTALLY AUTOMATICALLY" on versions of Internet Explorer older than IE6 Service Pack 1, as a security hole is exploited to add the manufacturers, 'Electronic Group', to the list of publishers you trust, "ALLOWING THEM TO INSTALL ANY SOFTWARE THEY LIKE."

Security Issues: The 'StripSetup' ActiveX control can be used on ANY PAGE, by ANY AUTHOR, to DOWNLOAD AND RUN ANY EXECUTABLE FILE. THERE ARE NO SECURITY CHECKS, WHATSOEVER.

Properties: Stays resident in background
Stealth: hides itself from user
Makes changes to browser settings

eGroup product: IEAccess/IEAccess2
Full Name: IEAccess: Websearch Type: Dialer Also Known as: IEAccess2 eGroup
Created by: Electronic Group
Danger Level: 4 Moderate Threat: Level 4
Nearly impossible to remove manually

Comment: Installed by ActiveX "DRIVE-BY-DOWNLOAD" on porn related pages WHICH MIGHT BE "OPENED" or "REDIRECTED TO" by "POP-UP ADVERTISING". May be INSTALLED AUTOMATICALLY, WITHOUT PROMPTING, on Internet Explorer versions earlier than IE6 Service Pack 1, THANKS TO A SECURITY HOLE. The installer pages exploit this to run an EXE which adds 'Electronic Group' to the list of trusted publishers, whose software IE will install AUTOMATICALLY WITHOUT ASKING.

Security Issues: IEAccess adds it manufacturers to the Window Trusted Publisher list. This means ANY web page can make sure ANY SOFTWARE signed by Electronic Group gets installed AUTOMATICALLY WHEN YOU VISIT IT. It is also suspected that it may be possible to use the IEAccess ActiveX control on ANY WEB PAGE to cause an arbitrary unsigned code to be executed.

Properties
Stealth: hides itself from user
Makes changes to browser settings

Removal-Spybot S&D update 2002-11-17 and later can remove IEAccess.

More links about this company: http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite

Information above provided by Norton Works, www.spywareguide.com and www.doxdesk.com. There are many other sites that verify this information.

For YOUR protection, first:

Write a Certified letter with RETURN RECEIPT to Alyon Technologies disputing the charges. This is very important because it establishes a record of your dispute. Also, call 201-865-7600 the number to Alyon in New Jersey and tell them that 'you deny all knowledge of anyone using their website'.

Then I recommend you do the following:

1. File a complaint with the Georgia Attorney General's Office. They have an ACTIVE INVESTIGATION, please do this now.

State of Georgia
Office of Consumer Affairs
2 MLK, Jr. Drive Suite 356
Atlanta, GA 30334
Phone: 404-656-3300

2. Go to the Louisiana Attorney General's web site and file a complaint.
http://www.ag.state.la.us/

3. Go to the Federal Trade Commission's web site and file a complaint. http://www.ftc.gov

4. File a complaint with the IFCCFBI
http://www1.ifccfbi.gov/index.asp

5. Submit a tip to: http://www.fbi.gov The FBI is also currently investigating Alyon Technologies. Please file a complaint!

6. File complaint with http://www.fcc.gov
Federal Communication Commission
Email: [email protected]

7. File a complaint with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service if you suspect you are a victim of mail (censored). A bogus bill is (censored)!
http://www.usps.com/postalinspectors/fraud/ContactUs.htm
Postal Inspector Hotline: 207-871-8587

8. File a complaint with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
http://www.cybertipline.org/
http://www.missingkids.com/cybertip/

9. The Internet Fraud Watch Center 800-876-7060
http://www.fraud.org/welcome.htm

10. Contact WWOR TV
[email protected]
[email protected]

11. Write a complaint to the Mayor of Norcross, Georgia Lillian Webb [email protected]
Norcross Website: http://www.norcross-ga-gvt.com/

12. Write a complaint to the mayor of Secaucus, NJ Dennis Elwell [email protected]

13. Write a letter to Planning Commissions of Gwinnett County,
[email protected] (Lorraine Green)
[email protected]
[email protected]

14. File a complaint with AT&T since they may have helped switch your carrier without your consent (a slamming violation)

15. Your State Senators and Representatives

16. File a Rip-off Report. FBI, FTC, and other agencies look at Rip-off Report.com. Rip-off Report puts these agencies in touch with victims who filed a Rip-off Report.

17. Write a letter to The Whitehouse regarding Child Online safety. Refer to the President's speech. He made a great speech now it's time to have his help in going after Alyon Technologies.

President Increases Federal Efforts to Promote Online Safety

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/10/print/20021023-8.html

Contacting the White House
The White House Mailing Address

The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
The White House Phone Numbers

COMMENTS: 202-456-1111
SWITCHBOARD: 202-456-1414
FAX: 202-456-2461
TTY/TDD Phone Numbers (for the Hearing Impaired Only)

202-456-6213 Comment Line
202-456-2121 Visitors Office

White House E-Mail Addresses

President George W. Bush: [email protected]

Vice President Richard Cheney: [email protected]

DO NOT send these criminals a copy of your child's birth certificate. Only a Government Agency can require you to do this.

A MINOR CANNOT ENTER INTO A BINDING CONTRACT!

DO NOT PAY THESE (censored)BILLS.

Consumer Credit Regulation: 800-332-8529

PLEASE CONTINUE TO FILE COMPLAINTS WITH ALL AUTHORITIES LISTED IN THESE RIP-OFF REPORTS. WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS! WE WILL NOT LET UP, BACK OFF, OR GIVE IN UNTIL WE SEE THIS CRIMINAL COMPANY SHUT DOWN!

Thank you, Ed Magedson, Editor Rip-Off Report and Gregory for you hard work in providing information.