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October 6th, 2004 11:02 PM
#1
 Fire [wall] Eater
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1666908,00.asp
Yet another bad guy out there, and this one eats Win XP SP2 F/W ...........
Top Threat: W32/Bagz-mm
Discovered on Oct 4, W32/Bagz-mm, spreads using a single- or double-extension executable e-mail attachment, The virus harvests e-mail addresses and uses its own SMTP engine to send copies of itself. Bagz also disables the Windows firewall, and installs its own network driver to bypass third-party firewalls. It also installs a back door and can download files from remote hosts.
I've just spent a couple of days removing W32/Blaster from several school laptops.
Is the W32/ front end an indication that it is a generic adaption of same ?
Or do they pull these names out of a hat ?
55 - I'm fiftyfeckinfive and STILL no wiser,
OLDER yes 
Beware of Geeks bearing GIF's
come and waste the day :P at The Taz Zone
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October 6th, 2004 11:08 PM
#2
W32 means that it is a Windows 32 bit "app". It is targeted towards the more modern Windows OS's. IIRC, W97 is a virus targeted at Office 97 products etc.... The initial part of the name indicates the target OS/app.
Don\'t SYN us.... We\'ll SYN you..... 
\"A nation that draws too broad a difference between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards, and its fighting done by fools.\" - Thucydides
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October 6th, 2004 11:11 PM
#3
It seems so simple when you see it in writing ............
Thanks for the input.
55 - I'm fiftyfeckinfive and STILL no wiser,
OLDER yes
Beware of Geeks bearing GIF's
come and waste the day :P at The Taz Zone
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October 6th, 2004 11:26 PM
#4
Pssssst... Foxy.... Most of this stuff is pretty simple... I know.... or I wouldn't get it..... 
Don\'t SYN us.... We\'ll SYN you.....
\"A nation that draws too broad a difference between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards, and its fighting done by fools.\" - Thucydides
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October 6th, 2004 11:32 PM
#5
Psssssst ...TS .....I'M simple, that's why I don't get it straight away. 
55 - I'm fiftyfeckinfive and STILL no wiser,
OLDER yes
Beware of Geeks bearing GIF's
come and waste the day :P at The Taz Zone
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