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Re: Antivirus firms discover Bots
From: Joel Jaeggli <joelja () darkwing uoregon edu>
Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 08:36:59 -0700 (PDT)
On Sun, 16 May 2004, Stephen J. Wilcox wrote:
Hmm, so if the AV discovers an active bot is it possible to take this a step further and locate the C&C and forward that info to relevant network operators?
at the point the av software itself is spyware. joelja
Steve On Sat, 15 May 2004, Sean Donelan wrote:I'm glad that anti-virus firms are noticing the growth of Bots. Unfortunately, their guestimating ability is still woefully inadequate. Even frequent updates to anti-virus software won't help. Many bots disable automatic updates and block access to the antivirus sites. By the time anti-virus software detects somethings wrong, its already too late. The solution is to make certain your computer is not compromised, instead of relying on anti-virus to clean it up later. Antivirus firms warn of growing 'Bot' Networks http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=20300880
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- Re: Antivirus firms discover Bots Petri Helenius (May 16)
- Re: Antivirus firms discover Bots Stephen J. Wilcox (May 16)
- Re: Antivirus firms discover Bots Petri Helenius (May 16)
- Re: Antivirus firms discover Bots Petri Helenius (May 16)
- Re: Antivirus firms discover Bots Joel Jaeggli (May 16)
- Re: Antivirus firms discover Bots Stephen J. Wilcox (May 16)
- Re: Antivirus firms discover Bots Stephen J. Wilcox (May 16)
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