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My Norton Anti-Virus just alerted me that "an attempt to ATTACK your computer was just thwarted..."

So I clicked on 'more details' -

What the hell is a "NetBus" trojan Horse???

Just askin'...

Which means that someone could possibly have control of your computer.

http://www.hackfix.org/netbusfix/

have you got a firewall installed? - disable remote registry too (control panel-computer management-services)

That's an ancient, ancient trojan.

HP Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition...

That hack was written in 1998. You'd think they'd have gotten around to fixing it by now.

Amateurs...


Network connections: Any wannabe "hacker" that wants to spy on you or severely mess up your computer. Usually binds to port 12345.
Backdoors: Invisibly installs a NetBus server on your system, which can be used to gain unauthorized access to your computer.
HD Snooping: Whatever your wannabe "hacker" wants to snoop/corrupt/delete, including your sensitive documents and email.

These programs allow people to connect to your computer and spy on what you're doing, format your hard drive, read your email, spoof your IP address, etc. NetBus in particular has a slew of nasty features including the ability to remotely read/type any text into any window, steal passwords, close windows/programs you have running, sieze control of your mouse, open/close your CD-ROM, run programs (like format.com), delete files and take copies of your screen. Remote losers even can (and do!) pop up windows advertising porno sites and the like (so in a sense this falls under the category of "Adware" as well). Likely, the first indication you'll have of a Netbus infection is a foreign window popping up in your face telling you to go to someone's porn site!

You "catch" one of these trojans when you download program files which contain them (notoriously from warez sites), or receive similar infected programs as email attachments. When you run the program, it dumps a file in c:\windows\system or someplace similar, and puts a reference to this file in your Registry so that it runs everytime you start your computer (similar to putting it in your Startup folder, but much harder to find).

Solutions:
Many newer antivirus programs will recognise and remove these programs from your computer. Failing this, you might get some warning signs (see above) before anything serious happens to your machine. If you do, snag some trialware antivirus software as soon as possible! You don't have to pay for it or anything, just run it to get rid of your infection. And then, practice safer cybersex!

Now, PLEASE, don't anybody tell me that there's something nefarious about the Norton people...

May I also suggest getting a Spyware checker as well...I use the two as well as monitoring firewalls.

Seems like I remember that type of virus several years ago...many people ignored it (not wanting to pay the $39.95 for the Norton) and "put up" with the pop-ups, not realizing what other things these things can do.

No tin hat here, but there are a lot of people out there with lots of time on their hands and figure hacking is their way to being "rich and famous".

Cheers...

I'm a COOKIE MONSTER!

I use PC Tools Spyware Doctor...also keeps a lot of pesky web ads off sites...not a bad thing either.

I've got lots of crap running here...any hacker would need years to figure this mess out...LOL...and best of luck to 'em.

I had alot of trouble with my Dell...it was compromised right from the frickin' factory...

NEVER again.

Bastards.

An eternity in Hell is probably too good for those Neo-Con sympathizers...

My first machine was an 8086 with two floppy drives and not much else for $1,000...but I was "flyin'"...LOL. But even then, a glorified word processor beat using an IBM Selectric. Now if I can't find web access somewhere, I'm totally lost...LOL.

Many here like Gateway, since it's a Blue Company. I get my big machines customed these days and live on Sony Vaio laptops...and keep my money and business as far away from "Red" donors as I can.

Cheers...and good to see you out here.

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