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  1. October 6th, 2004, 11:02 PM #1
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    Unhappy 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 ?
    so now I'm in my SIXTIES FFS
    WTAF, how did that happen, so no more alterations to the sig, it will remain as is now

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  2. October 6th, 2004, 11:08 PM #2
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    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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  3. October 6th, 2004, 11:11 PM #3
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    It seems so simple when you see it in writing ............
    Thanks for the input.
    so now I'm in my SIXTIES FFS
    WTAF, how did that happen, so no more alterations to the sig, it will remain as is now

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  4. October 6th, 2004, 11:26 PM #4
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    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.....
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  5. October 6th, 2004, 11:32 PM #5
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    Psssssst ...TS .....I'M simple, that's why I don't get it straight away.
    so now I'm in my SIXTIES FFS
    WTAF, how did that happen, so no more alterations to the sig, it will remain as is now

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