the original autoproxy trojan is almost a year old. But I see there is a new variant (about 2 weeks old). the old one was used to conduct DoS attacks. I assume this one does the same thing.
http://securityresponse1.symantec.com/sarc/sarc.nsf/html/backdoor.coreflood.html Benoit Sarton wrote: > The french press says that the ISP NOOS ( 180.000 custumers ) has to block > all emails sent to AOL because of the autoproxy virus ( massive spam to aol > adresses ). > It says it could potentially affect any mail server. > Ever heard of that ? > > Benoit > > Selon le Cert-IST, «Autoproxy», qui contaminerait les utilisateurs au hasard > de leur pérégrination sur le web, a été repéré en Allemagne, en Malaisie et > aux Etats-Unis début septembre mais le couple Noos/AOL serait sa première > victime en France. > > This is the discussion list for the IMS Free email server software. > To unsubscribe send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Delivered by Rockliffe MailSite > http://www.rockliffe.com/mailsite > Rock Solid Software (tm) This is the discussion list for the IMS Free email server software. To unsubscribe send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered by Rockliffe MailSite http://www.rockliffe.com/mailsite Rock Solid Software (tm)
