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Spamming Trojan "Proxy Guzu"
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."
You're a bastard. Trinity is hot.
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.
.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.
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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
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!
Gauntlet: Flight of the Valkarie
by Richard B. Sampson Jr.
If there was one thing I took seriously, it was my duties at the castle. It was true that I was one of the few women that the king and queen had selected for their Valkarie brigade, but I proved to be the best and was made leader. I took my post seriously, and I had very little off time. However, in my off time, I had found myself falling for one of the guards. We had met during one of our rounds, and during our off hours, we have been together. He brought a completeness to my life. I had even been considering asking my king and queen if he and I could wed. I know it would mean the end of my career, but I would gladly risk it. I have not been this happy in years. I was almost lost in that thought when I heard the alarm sound. Something was attacking the castle. As I ran through the halls, I saw my fellow Valkarie's come up along side me. As we headed to the outer wall, I said to one of them, "What is happening?"
My second in command just said, "A chimera is attacking. It is just like the creature that attacked the castle long ago. The guards are fighting it right now."
I felt my blood freeze when she said that. "All of the guards? How are they faring?"
My third pointed toward the window and said, "I don't think they have much hope. Look." I looked out the window she pointed at and I was horrified at what I saw. The chimera had three heads, one of a snake, one of a lion and one of an eagle, but the most horrifing was that it picked up one guard in all three mouths and ripped him apart.
Then I noticed the shield he had had. It was the man I had loved. When the Chimera ripped him apart, I shouted out, "NOOOOO!!!!" The monster killed the man I had loved.
My second in command just put her hand on my shoulder and said, "I'm sorry for your loss, but we must fight that thing. We cannot let it destroy the castle." It was then I remembered some history of the castle. We had something to defeat it.
I quickly got my wits back and said, "I'll be with you in a moment. I just remembered we have something in the Armoury that can stop this beast." I then ran down to the castle Armoury. I had to move as quickly as possible. Every moment I spent down here meant another moment that the Chimera could slaughter our kingdom. I ran through the amoury looking for the swords. When I reached that section, I looked over every sword there, muttering to myself, "Where is that Scimitar?"
I was almost startled when I heard the queen say, "Are you looking for this?" I turned around to see her holding the Scimitar. She then said, "It's just like Rasha had predicted long ago. The Chimera would return, and his Scimitar would be needed to chase it away again. Hopefully, you will be able to do what he could not do. I have faith in you."
When she offered me the Scimitar, I accepted it and said, "I hope to do you proud." I then felt strange, as if my body was changing. When it finally stopped, I looked at myself in a mirrored shield and saw that I had wings and feathers. I had become a Falconess.
The queen looked at me and said, "It is true. You are a Legend." I knew what I had to do. I ran to the nearest window and flew out of it, with Rasha's Scimitar in hand. With luck, I could remove one of the heads of the Chimera.
As I neared the beast, I could understand it, and I could tell each head had a distinct voice. One seemed to have a hiss in it, and that had to be the snake head. It just said, "You were right, these foolish creatures do make excellent snacks."
I then heard the Eagle head say, "Indeed, and none of them can hurt us. They don't have the sword that killed our parent all those years before."
It was then that the Chimera's Lion head looked in my direction and said, "I think we just ran across the new sword weilder."
I flew closer and said, "I don't know how I
for Godless greed/fear based payper liesense hostage ransom stock markup frauds, & calling it 'news'.
meanwhile, in parts of the rest of the wwworld, we look like murderous gangsters.
http://www.paknews.org/
lookout bullow.
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? ;-)
I just wish there was a way to get them to stop trying to sell me those damn Iraqi playing cards.