Guest guest Posted April 5, 1999 Report Share Posted April 5, 1999 >BRKABShAD >Mon, 5 Apr 1999 09:02:36 EDT >k_goddess >[k_goddess] Fwd: Something to REALLY worry about... > >True story. Not from a "friend" with a "list"... it's from me, the guy to >whom it happened. > >Found a "Trojan" program on my hard drive tonight. My MPREXE.EXE file was >infected with a program called "backdoor.grab." Unlike a virus, this program >doesn't replicate itself or have bent fun with your system. It sends data to >someone with no need to know it -- like a password, for example. > >To get rid of it, I had to get out of Winderz 95 and into the DOS prompt. My >brother made a copy of his MPREXE.EXE file and, after getting rid of the bad >one, put his good one in its place. I have since changed all my passwords, >too. > >Found this little sucker with AVP Virus Monitor. > >(To keep from getting infected with anything, be sure to download everything >to a floppy, and then scan the floppy -- anti-virus software does not >necessarily catch stuff going straight to the hard disk.) > >Feel free to spread the word... and be sure to quote me so everyone knows >it's legit and not "spam," too. > >93--93/93 > >Later, >Kevin/Baraka > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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