* A Third Of Spam Spread By RAT-Infested PC's

Joshua · 12-08-2003, 11:46 AM

ZDNet came out with a very interesting article based on a press
release of Sophos. The news is shocking but not so surprising.
Nearly one-third of all spam circulating the Web is relayed
through PCs that have been compromised by malicious programs
known as Remote Access Trojans.

One of the techie Sophos people was quoted with this
claim: "There are lots of people on cable modems and broadband
connections that haven't properly secured their computer. They
don't know it, but their PC is being used as a relay for sending
spam to thousands and thousands of other people. We believe that
30 percent of all spam is being sent from compromised computers."This is another reason why RBL's no longer work that well. They
are simply being bypassed. Your enterprise PCs might be being
used for this as well. You are able to find out about that by
simply running LanHound for a while and see which hosts it
connects to, and use PestPatrol to find and eliminate the RATs
that infest your PC's.

rajatQ2 · 12-09-2003, 01:05 PM

more details? are these trojans identified, like, will they appear on virus scanners?

12-08-2003, 11:46 AM	#1
Joshua Rear Admiral Upper Half Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 3,390	* A Third Of Spam Spread By RAT-Infested PC's ZDNet came out with a very interesting article based on a press release of Sophos. The news is shocking but not so surprising. Nearly one-third of all spam circulating the Web is relayed through PCs that have been compromised by malicious programs known as Remote Access Trojans. One of the techie Sophos people was quoted with this claim: "There are lots of people on cable modems and broadband connections that haven't properly secured their computer. They don't know it, but their PC is being used as a relay for sending spam to thousands and thousands of other people. We believe that 30 percent of all spam is being sent from compromised computers."This is another reason why RBL's no longer work that well. They are simply being bypassed. Your enterprise PCs might be being used for this as well. You are able to find out about that by simply running LanHound for a while and see which hosts it connects to, and use PestPatrol to find and eliminate the RATs that infest your PC's. __________________ The Apexer formerly known as SnotRocket. "Like I **ing said, "Ok, so I hear it may be a repost. Blah But I had never seen it, so..." ** you Canta." -Jenny 12/4/2003

12-09-2003, 01:05 PM	#2
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