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gotmilk

08/22/03 8:49 AM

#4486 RE: Rager #4485

rager & board,

Does anyone know the names of the hacker type web sites.

I'am just curious on their take on what is happening, and if
they think this is going to be a short lived experience for
the Windows community, or its the start of something big
and bad that may get much worst before it gets better,
and maybe a time frame of how long these bad hackers
can continue causing harm.

If in a month or so when i buy new pc with Windows XP
and these constant attacks continue without end in sight,
i'll do as i mentioned but put Lindows(Linux) as primary boot
and Windows as secondary. Both will have a full CD backup
to allow me to switch them around at any time, or even if the
Windows get trashed real bad, load from CD a saved copy
of Windows XP that i dumps at a time when stuff was good.

doug
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gotmilk

08/23/03 2:24 AM

#4494 RE: Rager #4485

SoBig.F [programmed] the computers it has infected...

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Sobig.F Downloads and Executes a Mysterious Program...

Note: I'm not sure if the article below adds anything new. (doug)

#reply-19233834
Infected PCs Await Orders From Hacker
By Joseph Menn and David Streitfeld
Times Staff Writers
August 22, 2003
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"The threats are continuing to get cleverer and cleverer,
and it takes more steps to stop them," said Brian Foster,
director of product marketing in the security response unit
of Symantec Corp....