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Glen,
I guess it were you who gave a reference to a very instructive site
http://home.earthlink.net/~commodon/frame.htm
where one may learn basics regarding Trojans like Back Orifice (remote telecommunication stuff) .
Thanks.
A surprise for me was that to detect these Trojans all you have to do is to check if your PC is in
"listening" state. The program "netstat" included in standard Win95/98 package does the job. Just
after a reboot (still not connected to Web), run "netstat -an" in DOS window, and make sure the
output doesn't contain a word "Listening"! Then you are OK.
If I am not mistaken, one thing worthy to mention is that all Java/ActiveX applets are CANNED
programs in contrast to stuff like Back Orifice. The former can only do damage its creator had in
mind, including, of course, an ability to install whatever program, Back Orifice including . But
with Back Orifice or similar telecom code, you give a hacker a full control over a computer who can
improvise on your PC like a jazz musician <g>.
Cheers, Vitaly
Glen Wallace wrote:
> This general subject has been raised here before, so I don't feel *too* out
> of place with this post.
>
> I used to think the only way to infect myself with a virus or a trojan horse
> was from an e-mail attachment or by downloading some junk software. How
> about getting infected just by visiting a disreputable website or perhaps a
> reputable-but-hacked site with Internet Explorer? How about by just reading
> an HTML e-mail with Outlook Express?
>
> Read the article on this ActiveX exploit at
> http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2322425,00.html and
> make the suggested security settings changes. If you read the article and
> want to click on the link to the hacker's site mentioned, be aware his
> ActiveX scriptlet will be triggered (apparently a harmless example) unless
> the security settings changes first.
>
> Serious stuff, folks.
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