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Dustin Cook aka Raid aka Gremlin refuses to admit outing an innocent
woman as a ######, posting here name and a wrong addy where he thought
she lived. Instead, it was the addy of a 99-year-old senile woman his
victim was visiting.

Dustin Cook's denial:
"Neither did I. Not only for the reasons you stated, but because I
didn't author the post created by 'The Gremlin' "

Here is the proof that Dustin Cook aka Raid aka Gremlin DID post that
horrible post. A post that compromised a woman's safety.

(The complete posts w/headers are below these excerpts.)

Post #1: Gremlin says:
"The BugHunter application was originally written for me at work, it
tends to catch things sysclean, stinger, fprot, adaware, spybot, and
even micro####s products all miss. I suppose I have the upper hand,
seeing first hand infectees to extract live samples. :) It's my little
way of trying to undue the damage I caused several years ago.
Surprising as it is, some of us do move on and realize what a joke the
VX scene actually is. :)"

"That's the cool thing with computer crimes, Statues of limitations. :)
I've already chatted with several IT lawyers before releasing BugHunter
under my real name, and potentially admitting that I am Raid/Slam. So
no worries. :)"


Post #2: Gremlin Speaking with Norman L. DeForest

"> By the way, hi, Raid!  "Long time, no see!", as the saying goes.
> Welcome back.

Thanks Norman, glad to see you as well."


Gremlin aka Raid aka Dustin Cook then signs his post with his real
name: Dustin Cook, proving Gremlin was Dustin Cook!
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Post #1

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From: "Gremlin" 
Newsgroups: alt.comp.virus
Subject: Re: BugHunt v1.6 - MalWare Removal Tool (SHAMELESS PLUG)
Date: 21 Oct 2005 06:57:45 -0700
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4Q wrote:

> Hi Raid (Dustin),

Hello King of Satire; I still frequent your site, although I haven't
had to spider it in over a year; You don't update it nearly as often as
you did.

> We missed ya. Actually Art Kopp brought your new existance to
> ACV's attention a short while ago. Hmmmm. interesting to see
> you have become an AVer after all your years as a hardcore VXer.

I'm Sorry? What new existance? I'm long retired from VX, I maintain
contact with a select few from that scene. Incidently, I'm not an Aver;
BugHunter doesn't scan for viruses. Perhaps you should check the site I
mentioned before you assume I went to the other side. Eh? Also, I'm
active in useful productive things dude, and have been for some time. I
doubt Art knows anything about it.

> I spoke to an old VX (now AV) friend of ours recently, Benny/29A
> he tells me AV will never accept old school VX no matter how
> clever and skilled or how hard they try to change their leopard
> spots. And he was no where nearly are VX attitude as you.  :))
> Still I know you are determined guy with loads of ideas and
> computing skills.

Benny was a sellout. I'm not. :) BugHunter *again* does not look for
viruses. It looks for spyware/adware executables. I'm sorry pal, but
from what I've seen in the field, the virus scene might as well give it
up; The spyware scene is overtaking vxers 10 to 1. :(

> *HAHAHAHA* You denied till your were blue in the face you
> weren't Dustin Cook, not that it really matters. But don't
> forget some of the ####o's you've crossed over the years
> will never forget and try to make the VX #### stick to you.

That's the cool thing with computer crimes, Statues of limitations. :)
I've already chatted with several IT lawyers before releasing BugHunter
under my real name, and potentially admitting that I am Raid/Slam. So
no worries. :)

The BugHunter application was originally written for me at work, it
tends to catch things sysclean, stinger, fprot, adaware, spybot, and
even micro####s products all miss. I suppose I have the upper hand,
seeing first hand infectees to extract live samples. :) It's my little
way of trying to undue the damage I caused several years ago.
Surprising as it is, some of us do move on and realize what a joke the
VX scene actually is. :)

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From: "Gremlin" 
Newsgroups: alt.comp.virus
Subject: Re: BugHunt v1.6 - MalWare Removal Tool (SHAMELESS PLUG)
Date: 25 Oct 2005 12:23:11 -0700
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Norman L. DeForest wrote:
> Your comment makes me imagine the Statue of Liberty holding up a sign
> (instead of a torch) reading:
>
>              "KEEP OFF THE GRASS."

:) If you've downloaded BugHunter, I didn't write the docs. I wrote the
rough draft, one of my kind beta testers revamped the docs. :)

DON'T STEP ON THE GRASS, SAM

>From the 1968 release "The Second"
 Steppenwolf Cover


Words and music by John Kay

Starin' at the boob tube, turnin' on the big knob
Tryin' to find some life in the waste land
Fin'ly found a program, gonna deal with Mary Jane
Ready for a trip into hate land
Obnoxious Joe comes on the screen
Along with his guest self-righteous Sam
And one more guy who doesn't count
His hair and clothes are too far out

While pushin' back his glasses Sam is sayin' casually
"I was elected by the masses"
And with that in mind he starts to unwind
A vicious attack on the finest of grasses

Well it's evil, wicked, mean and nasty
(Don't step on the grass, Sam)
And it will ruin our fair country
(Don't be such an ass, Sam)
Well, it will hook your Sue and Johnny
(You're so full of bull, Sam)
All will pay that disagree with me
(Please give up you already lost the fight, alright)

Misinformation Sam and Joe
Are feeding to the nation
But the one who didn't count counted them out
By exposing all their false quotations
Faced by a very awkward situation
This is all he'd say to save the day

Well it's evil, wicked, mean and nasty
(Don't step on the grass, Sam)
And it will ruin our fair country
(Don't be such an ass, Sam)
Well, it will hook your Sue and Johnny
(You're so full of bull, Sam)
All will pay that disagree with me
(Please give up you already lost the fight alright)

You waste my coin Sam, all you can
To jail my fellow man
For smoking all the noble weed
You need much more than him
You've been telling lies so long
Some believe they're true
So they close their eyes to things
You have no right to do
Just as soon as you are gone
Hope will start to climb
Please don't stay around too long
You're wasting precious time

Ehh, sorry your grass statement got me. :)

> By the way, hi, Raid!  "Long time, no see!", as the saying goes.
> Welcome back.

Thanks Norman, glad to see you as well.

> Because of the way you posted helpful stuff here in the past, even while
> still a VXer at that time, I tended to think of you in a similar fashion
> to the way the regulars in the news.admin.net-abuse.email newsgroup
> thought of the spammer, NUK.  He was the only spammer I know of who was
> respected by many of the regulars of that newsgroup even during the time
> he was a spammer. He eventually retired from spamming (or claimed to)
> without anyone ever finding out who he really is.

I retired several years ago from VX, I've left IRC vx channels, etc. I
have nothing to do directly with it, aside from collecting fresh
samples from infected computers. But that's a programming addiction. :)

I still have much respect for my friends on both sides, and I will
never betray their confidence. I do not believe I've soldout either, as
BugHunter doesn't target viruses/worms, only annoying
adware/spyware/keyloggers and such.

I've had some time to really sit and think about goals. Especially
considering i'm running against a clock. :P

Anyways, Have a good one Norman!

Regards,
Dustin Cook

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