Enormous Hole Of Firewall!

[Khutan]

All good fun;

as I am going through gprs, my real IP is 10.100.1.xxx but the proxy - wherever gives me another address, it seems to confuse the probe no end.

Hacking into a 10.xx.xx.xx IP range is an art to itself.

[MikeWill]

Hackers do consider themselves as artists, and some really are

But... one should be less worry, the less "value" s/he presents, exactly the same as in real (off-line) world.

Edited December 15, 2004 by Condo_bk

[sabina]

OK, let's update the virus' news

Virus Profile: W32/Bropia.worm

Risk Assessment

- Home Users: Low

- Corporate Users: Low

Date Discovered: 1/19/2005

Date Added: 1/19/2005

Origin: Unknown

Length: 159,744 bytes

Type: Virus

SubType: Internet Worm

DAT Required: 4421

Virus Characteristics

This worm may spread via MSN Messenger with the following filenames:

Drunk_lol.pif

Webcam_004.pif

sexy_bedroom.pif

naked_party.pif

love_me.pif

When run, the worm attempts to send a file to a contacts who's status has changed, by hooking the user interface Windows and buttons. This may not be an effective way for the worm to spread in many situations.

Indications of Infection

The worm also attempts to disable CMD.EXE, TASKMGR.EXE, and the ability to use the RIGHT-CLICK of the mouse, and the CTRL-ALT-DELETE key combination.

It installs (drops) a new W32/Gaobot.worm variant to C:\oms.exe (119,296 bytes)

The worm copies itself to the root directory of the root drive, using one of the aforementioned filenames. It does not otherwise install itself on the system (it does not create any registry or other startup hooking locations).

Method of Infection

This worm attempts to spread via MSN Messenger.

From www.mcafee.com

This is the new information of new virus that can steal itself from Firewall.

PLEASE make sure your Anti-Virus, Scan it after you recieved any files for MSN.

I hope you're not the "VICTIM"

[stumonster]

or you could save yourself a lot of drama and uninstall that bloated ad delivery system they call msn messenger.

in its place install trillian or gaim or miranda

re-evaluate the clients you use - take back control of your equipment.