NetSpy reported by firewall upon boot

[Boris Senker]

When I boot up, the firewall reports a NetSpy trojan trying to access local network, originating from 127.0.0.1 (Apache).

What is going on?

Thx

[Shrekkie]

from what i can tell you have a trojan on your box.

Update or get an antivirus and check your box. If he finds any go to symantec or another antivirus company -website and read the removals for that specified trojan
This is assuming you're on windows. 127.0.0.1 = localhost=your own box

greetz,

[Boris Senker]

I do have the latest Norton AV, and firewall, and I have just cleaned this mess up.

The problem is... how did it get in anyway?

Thanks for your time, Shrekkie

[sysmin770]

Well being that your firewall is on the perimeter of your network, someone probably exploited something on your box and then used it to pull down the trojan. That way they wouldn't have to exploit it again, because they already have code running on your box.

[Boris Senker]

(RED CHEEKS) I found it... porn site did this

Nevertheless, I have found out that there are a zillion ways to break Windows security - even when it's setup tightly, firewalled, optimized with LANGuard, you name it.

That's why I am putting a Lin box inbetween the internet and Win workstations...

[michael737n]

my sugeston is go get an apple emac be cause i have one and have had one sience they were released and never had a virus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



WINDOWS SUCK!!!!

[Boris Senker]

Regretfully, emac is hardly enough for my production needs - G series maybe if that awful, cheap 5400 RPM IDE disk shipping with series up to G4 was replaced with decent SCSI disk(s)...

And no, Windows don't suck - they are at some points lesser comparing to Linux, UNIX or MacOS, but all of the mentioned systems have their pros and cons.

Since all of this is off topic, and might cause another OS war - I suggest we get back to the post topic.