Re: SP2 makes XP-Home/SP1 CD useless - TROJANS

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Shenan Stanley wrote:
> 1) You have not had this PC for 10 years.

1.5) This trojan has not been around 10 years..

> 2) First time you've KNOWN about it..

2.5) First time you've really had the tools to know about it..

> 3) It's "Trojan.Downloader.BHO.Req"..

3.5) Have to be careful typing its name when using Google. heh

Point is - more and more script-kiddies are out there now - people who have
grown up with a computer and have nothing but free time on their hads and
nothing better to do with it. They write stuff that all you have to do is
visit a web page (I know of a few wrestling web pages my co-workers have
used as test beds for our defenses..) and it does a drive-by install if you
are not properly immunized (SpywareBlaster, IE-SpyAd and Spybot Search and
Destroy immunizations together do a fine job.)

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Shenan Stanley
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