[extropy-chat] Computer virus

[Rik van Riel]

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, natashavita at earthlink.net wrote:

> When a computer is infected, the worm will set up a backdoor into the
> system by opening TCP ports 3127 through 3198, which can potentially
> allow an attacker to connect to the computer and use it as a proxy to
> gain access to its network resources.

In other words, it's just another spam proxy, only this time
it has an added piece of camouflage (DDoS on SCO's website)
to deflect people's attention.

Some anti-spammers have reported that about 4% of the spam
they are receiving now is being sent via myDoom infected
Windows systems ...

Rik
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