Anonymous laid this down on his screen :
> in Message-ID: 
> 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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http://al.howardknight.net/msgid.cgi?STYPE=msgid&A=0&MSGI=%3C1129903065.006860.
75230%40z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com%3E
> or
> https://tinyurl.com/p6m9b4d
>
>
> Path: not-for-mail
> From: "Gremlin" 
> Newsgroups: alt.comp.virus
> Subject: Re: BugHunt v1.6 - MalWare Removal Tool (SHAMELESS PLUG)
> Date: 21 Oct 2005 06:57:45 -0700
> Organization: http://groups.google.com
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> NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 13:57:50 +0000 (UTC)
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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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> Post #2
>
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http://al.howardknight.net/msgid.cgi?STYPE=msgid&A=0&MSGI=%3C1130268191.861350.
81160%40f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com%3E
> or
> https://tinyurl.com/n9epazn
>
> Path: ...!postnews.google.com!f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail
> From: "Gremlin" 
> Newsgroups: alt.comp.virus
> Subject: Re: BugHunt v1.6 - MalWare Removal Tool (SHAMELESS PLUG)
> Date: 25 Oct 2005 12:23:11 -0700
> Organization: http://groups.google.com
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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

You mean that dustin has a sock named "gremlin"? He has said he has 
never socked up, so this proves he is a liar.
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