 koitsuPremium,MVM
join:2002-07-16
Mountain View, CA
kudos:14
| What it does. Turns your workstation into a DDoS client against predominantly IRC servers -- port 80 has little to do with it. There was a major network-wide (all servers) attack on all EFnet IRC servers with over 50,000 compromised Windows machines.
Who did it? One person. *One*.
Recommendation: do not try to get rid of this thing, just format and re-install. *shrug* It's just not worth the risk.
EDIT: Here's an applicable URL over at CNet that contains information about what it actually does. Yes, it installs a service, registry keys, and all sort-of other fun stuff.
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Making life hard for others since 1977.
[text was edited by author 2003-08-11 21:26:50] |
