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Spamming Trojan "Proxy Guzu"

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the brekaing-the-law dept.

squiggleslash writes "El Reg has the scoop on a trojan that actually turns your machine into a spam sending proxy. Called "Proxy Guzu", the proxy arrives in your mailbox in the usual "Outlook virus" way (ie disguised as something else so you'll run it.) It then sends an email to a Hotmail email account reporting the IP address of the infected machine and port it's running on. The spammer then merely transmits spam to the infected machine which in turn forwards it on. There's a bright side to all this: Spammers are doing this because they're desperate, with fewer and fewer spam friendly havens. And what they're doing is illegal and opens them up for prosecution."

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  1. And it's probably written by xintegerx · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    in Visual Basic, too, like most trojans seem to be. It's a very easy thing to make... that's not even counting that there is an abundance of source code for trojans and smtp examples. After all, it's 15 year olds that use trojans, 16 year olds that make them, and 22 year olds that make viruses.

    Then funny thing is, after every mass-media-hyped outbreak, people are always surprised when computer experts say in an interview how making a basic trojan or .VBS script is easy. (After all, trojans just open up a winsock connection and scripts can be based on previous scripts, either.) They think it's something hard when it's something lame.

    Okay I will have to end this rant without getting to the point, due to an incident. As I paused to help someone, they saw the "it's 15 year olds that use trojans," line and probably misunderstood as they were leaving. Geez. .. ..
    Fine, I'll finish the point: If you are unemployed, get cracking on trojans! Windows trojans! Employers will love to see that you are smart enough to make one. JUST KIDDING! Although, probably true.....

    --

    Cover your eyes and click this link!
  2. Re:I think I've seen something like this... by Jim_Hawkins · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I think I might have seen something like this. In my previous life as helpdesk/abuse guy at a small ISP, I was in charge of locking accounts for spamming.

    In order for you to be a help-desk abuse guy at an ISP, you would have had to been around in say the early 90s when that was becoming popular.

    So let's say that's true. That meks you around 13 now.

    Is that true? ;-)

  3. Iraq by telstar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I just wish there was a way to get them to stop trying to sell me those damn Iraqi playing cards.