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IM Worm Could Be Nasty

Started by iago, June 22, 2004, 12:27 PM

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iago

This'll make an interesting test for broken AV:
QuoteX5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*


j0k3r

Quote"The likelihood of that happening is low. If millions of messages were sent out in a short span of time, the IM servers would probably go down before the threat spread completely," said Chien.
QuoteAnyone attempting to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin
John Vo

hismajesty

I was in best buy today and saw an IM firewall, intresting.

Falcon[anti-yL]

Yea an IM worm would be pretty bad.

j0k3r

Quote from: hismajesty[yL] on June 22, 2004, 01:57 PM
I was in best buy today and saw an IM firewall, intresting.
Probably more trouble than it's worth, and probably doesn't do much more than a regular router/firewall.
QuoteAnyone attempting to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin
John Vo

hismajesty

Quote from: j0k3r on June 22, 2004, 03:11 PM
Quote from: hismajesty[yL] on June 22, 2004, 01:57 PM
I was in best buy today and saw an IM firewall, intresting.
Probably more trouble than it's worth, and probably doesn't do much more than a regular router/firewall.

Just another way for Symantac to make money.

Newby

Quote from: hismajesty[yL] on June 22, 2004, 03:46 PM
Quote from: j0k3r on June 22, 2004, 03:11 PM
Quote from: hismajesty[yL] on June 22, 2004, 01:57 PM
I was in best buy today and saw an IM firewall, intresting.
Probably more trouble than it's worth, and probably doesn't do much more than a regular router/firewall.

Just another way for Symantac to make money.
Symantec owns Trust. :D
- Newby

Quote[17:32:45] * xar sets mode: -oooooooooo algorithm ban chris cipher newby stdio TehUser tnarongi|away vursed warz
[17:32:54] * xar sets mode: +o newby
[17:32:58] <xar> new rule
[17:33:02] <xar> me and newby rule all

Quote<TehUser> Man, I can't get Xorg to work properly.  This sucks.
<torque> you should probably kill yourself
<TehUser> I think I will.  Thanks, torque.

muert0

To lazy for slackware.