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Asterix
07-11-2003, 06:13 PM
News Source:PCWorld (http://www.pcworld.com/)

Spammers based in Russia are using stealth and a sophisticated new Trojan horse program to turn home workstations into unwitting hosts in a pornography and spam distribution ring, say security experts.

The deceptive and potentially illegal practice came to the attention of experts in late June and has been a topic of conversation among spam fighters on Internet discussion groups since then, says Joe Stewart, senior intrusion analyst with LURHQ, a Chicago-based managed security services company.

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oda
07-12-2003, 12:27 AM
This can also be found on Yahoo, I haven't read pcworlds yet so I don't know if you can find more info on the Yahoo one. Here it is. (http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=34&tmpl=fc&in=Tech&cat=Hackers_and_Crackers)

Brycen257
07-12-2003, 05:52 PM
There is a posting on zeropaid forums that also has more information on this problem. I can provide a link if anyone needs one. I was wondering how a program can potentially run on a person's computer without their noticing it or without spyware or adware or virus programs detecting it. Also, can this happen to someone who has a firewall? I would be interested in hearing what everyone thinks.

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