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Worms versus Bots
From: Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>
Date: Sun, 2 May 2004 23:04:05 -0400 (EDT)
The antivirus vendors are bemoaning the fact the Sasser worm has been slow to spread. On the other hand, most of the vulnerable computers seem to have already been taken over by one or more Bots days or weeks before the worms arrived. Other than the obvious, don't let a bot on get on your computer in the first place, are there any opinions about the best anti-bot tools for naive computer users? The major virus vendors seem to be having a bit of trouble dealing with bots, frequently recommending manual editing of files and use of regedit. There is also a much longer delay between the apperance of a new bot and updates to antivirus packages.
Current thread:
- Worms versus Bots Sean Donelan (May 02)
- Re: Worms versus Bots Rob Nelson (May 03)
- Re: Worms versus Bots Mike Lewinski (May 03)
- Re: Worms versus Bots Rob Thomas (May 03)
- Re: Worms versus Bots Sean Donelan (May 03)
- Re: Worms versus Bots william(at)elan.net (May 03)
- How long before infected - Internet addresses are not uniform Sean Donelan (May 03)
- Re: How long before infected - Internet addresses are not uniform Marshall Eubanks (May 04)
- Re: Worms versus Bots Stephen J. Wilcox (May 04)
- Re: Worms versus Bots Rob Thomas (May 03)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- FW: Worms versus Bots Eric Krichbaum (May 03)