Reply From: Trevor Schroeder <tschroedat_private> > (Data Interception and Remote Transmission), it was released in June by > Codex Data Systems. Investigators need only know your e-mail address to > secretly install the program. Once they do, investigators can read your Eh? The similarity between this and Good Times is striking. *smirk* Does anyone have any solid information on this product? There are so many reasons why this simply can't be the case: * Vector of transmission: how EXACTLY does this thing infect your system? Even the best of remote attacks require a remote insecurity. (the classic being RTM, Jr's exploitation of fingerd) What if my system is secure? * Differences in OS's: What affects Win95 won't necessarily affect NT almost certainly (unless very cleverly crafted) won't affect NetBSD, etc. * Different Platforms: Will this same beast attack a Win95 computer and a Mac and a Cray? Or maybe it's a really fat binary. ;/ I'm so tired of all the hype around security software. Rent a clue. Even the nefarious BackOrifice can't infect your computer (your Intel Win95/Win95 computer at that) without you executing the program manually. *sigh* _____________________________________________________________________________ I'll always remember the words that he said,// Trevor Schroeder over and over, they ring through my head. // tschroedat_private "Go ahead, shoot me, I'm already dead." // E-Mail for PGP public key. I can see there's more than one victim. -- Black 47 -o- Subscribe: mail majordomoat_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: Repent Security Incorporated [www.repsec.com]
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