Jonathan Rickman <jonathanat_private> to "H C": > > Increase in attacks? How so? > > > > My idea is this...the alert says absolutely nothing of > > use. > > I can't help but wonder who these mystery victims are, other than the one > mentioned in a writeup I read earlier. I suspect that the victims in this > case may very well be MS corporate systems, otherwise one would think that > we would have heard more about it in public forums. If you can bear exposing yourself to it, look into some of the microsoft.public.*virus* and microsoft.public.*win*security* newsgroups and look for threads with "[m]irc" and/or "secedit" in the Subject: lines. Should give you a feeling for the "mystery victims". -- Nick FitzGerald Computer Virus Consulting Ltd. Ph/FAX: +64 3 3529854 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com
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