> -----Original Message----- > From: Marc Suxdorf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 11:19 AM > To: Mike Burden; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: AW: [gb-users] win2K security problems, the facts! > > [...] > Maybe you find the time to answer some of my more specific questions: > > All assumptions are based on my example out of the box W2K > system, with all service packs and security updates until > today installed. > > Most Trojans would probably more likely infect a system > through an email virus (another highly important subject > <g>), is that true?
Mostly. A Trojan could also come from a website created by an unscrupulous person, but that rarely happens because it's much easier to notice (and to trace back to who did it). Some Trojans also come in the form of software that appears to do useful things (like Gator or LimeWire). Along with the software you wanted, the install program also installs adware and/or spyware. Ad-Aware makes a program that seems (in my limited experience) to do a good job of finding and removing adware and spyware. You can find it at: http://www.webattack.com/get/adaware.shtml > Can a malicious person gain full remote access to that system > via planting a Trojan on it? If someone can plant a Trojan on your system and fool you into activating it (or getting Outlook or Explorer to activate it), then they can do anything on your system that you can do. If you're in the habit of logging in as Administrator, then the Trojan may be able to do anything an Administrator can do. (One good reason to always log in as a "normal" user except when you need to do admin tasks). > Or copy files from it? Yes. > Read files on it? Yes. > Is this an easy task? Getting the Trojan on your system and active is the hard part. After that it's a piece of cake. > How much time will someone need and what steps are involved > to do any of this? (I am not looking for a detailed hack > instruction <g>) Some of the less elegant Trojans have probably been created in hours or even minutes. Some of the very elegant ones probably took days or weeks to write. Not really relevant, since there are way too many people out there with way too much time on their hands. Some of them seem to devote most of their waking time to stuff like this. > Thanks again for any comments > Best wishes > > Marc De Nada. Mike Burden Lynk Systems http://www.lynk.com (616)532-4985 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the digest version first unsubscribe, then e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive of the last 1000 messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
