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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. Neo screaming, holding Trinity's burned corpse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    A spectacular car chase. The loss of a crucial figure in the human resistance named "the Keymaster." A withering assault on the refuge city of Zion by a boiling swarm of sentinel droids. Neo screaming, holding Trinity's burned corpse. And then, cut to black.
    That's how The Matrix: Reloaded ends.

  2. Here's someone who might be able to help by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    DattaWay Tech is trying to track the email address down.

    He got the virus, now he's trying to hack it.

  3. OE Question. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Everyone says how insecure OE is etc...but does anyone have proof of this? Im curious..as by default I don't think OE/IE will run activex controls without user interaction..so surely the user would notice and just click no?

  4. Re:Uhh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Dear Sir,

    You are a retard.

    Thank you.