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Could your computer be a criminal? PCs hijacked to send spam, serve porn, steal credit cards
By Bob Sullivan MSNBC
This article about the hijacking of innocent PCs was interesting with discussion of Trojan horses lying dormant to cause some damage. I had not been aware of the Trojan horses that were around some years ago to merely do spooky things like open and close CD rom doors....Wouldn't that be a weird experience?
Also discussed was "the disturbing fact about the new wave of programs: They are simple and small, and nearly impossible to spot with an untrained eye, said Oliver Friedrichs, senior manager at Symantec’s Security Response Team. The hijackings will likely go unnoticed by victims who aren’t running up-to-date antivirus software and personal firewalls, he said."
Could your computer be a criminal? PCs hijacked to send spam, serve porn, steal credit cards
By Bob Sullivan MSNBC
This article about the hijacking of innocent PCs was interesting with discussion of Trojan horses lying dormant to cause some damage. I had not been aware of the Trojan horses that were around some years ago to merely do spooky things like open and close CD rom doors....Wouldn't that be a weird experience?
Also discussed was "the disturbing fact about the new wave of programs: They are simple and small, and nearly impossible to spot with an untrained eye, said Oliver Friedrichs, senior manager at Symantec’s Security Response Team. The hijackings will likely go unnoticed by victims who aren’t running up-to-date antivirus software and personal firewalls, he said."
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