If the user is click-happy, email is on Windows is a big hole. A good virus scanner is a worthwhile investment. But there is also problems with the IE browser, Flash, RealAudio, and IRC, just to mention a few. Yahoo and IM have had one vulnerability after another published, and I'm not sure the holes in either are entirely fixed. We have shut off all chat traffic for the time being. You should be very careful with IRC as well.
Yes, some Trojans will provide full access, including read, copy, delete. Yes, its very easy, especially if you have NetBios over TCP/IP enabled (runs by default) and no filter protection and/or anti-virus. Seven seconds is the fastest I've seen so far from placement on the Internet to full compromise. YMMV. Just knowing what OS you run and what ports are open is about all that's involved. Sam -----Original Message----- From: Marc Suxdorf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 10:19 AM To: Mike Burden; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: AW: [gb-users] win2K security problems, the facts! Most Trojans would probably more likely infect a system through an email virus (another highly important subject <g>), is that true? Can a malicious person gain full remote access to that system via planting a Trojan on it? Or copy files from it? Read files on it? Is this an easy task? 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>) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
