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Symantec Users, Start Your Keyloggers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the unfurling-the-welcome-mat dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Script kiddies have been taking advantage of intrusion prevention features of Symantec's Norton Firewall and Norton Internet Security Suites to knock users offline in IRC channels, according to an amusing post at Washingtonpost.com. From the article: 'Turns out that if someone types "startkeylogger" or "stopkeylogger" in an IRC channel, anyone on the channel using the affected Norton products will be immediately kicked off without warning. These are commands typically issued by the Spybot worm, which spreads over IRC and peer-to-peer file-swapping networks, installing a program that records and transmits everything the victim types (known as a keylogger).' Makes you wonder what other magic keywords produce unexpected results with Symantec's software."

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  1. I heard from a forwarded e-mail by aeric67 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That "deletesectorzero" may do something exciting.

  2. Re:No surprise here... by TubeSteak · · Score: 1, Redundant
    US companies suck at malware detection. I've found the eastern European companies to be among the best.
    Eastern European companies...

    You mean... companies in the former Soviet BLOC?

    Because we all know, that in Soviet Russia, malware detects you!
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    o0t!
  3. Re:No surprise here... by bcat24 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Imagine a Beowulf cluster of Soviet malware detecting YOU!

  4. Re:No surprise here... by rdoger6424 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    In Soviet Russia, Cliché use- right.

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