I would guess that this would be the result of some anti-adware or anti-spam program the computer user had installed. This resembles an attempt to break connectivity with certain banned hostnames by resolving them to an invalid IP address. I seem to remember at least one other person reporting this problem in a newsgroup this year. -----Original Message----- From: Nikunj Virani [mailto:nikunjat_private] Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 11:57 PM To: Salomao Barguil; incidentsat_private Subject: [despammed] Re: Solved !! "Girlnextdoor_" TCP Ports 1025/1028 Its strange but i would surely like to know how the name "Girlnextdoor_" came into your hosts file. Was it some application that did that ? Regards, Nikunj ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salomao Barguil" <barguilat_private> To: <incidentsat_private> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 9:35 AM Subject: Solved !! "Girlnextdoor_" TCP Ports 1025/1028 > Hi Folks, > > Thanks for everybody help in this matter. > > It was the HOSTS file on the local Win2k desktop : > ------------------------------------------- > # This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP > for Windows. > 127.0.0.1 localhost > 0.0.0.0 Girlnextdoor_ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- <Pre>Lose another weekend managing your IDS? Take back your personal time. 15-day free trial of StillSecure Border Guard.</Pre> <A href="http://www.securityfocus.com/stillsecure"> http://www.securityfocus.com/stillsecure </A>
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