The quick thinking of Bradley Chapman, a student at Brigham Young University, may have averted a number of SubSeven infections. According to Brian McWilliams, in a special to Newsbytes, Bradley discovered a "#mcveigh" channel on Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Tuesday morning, which lured users with an automated message inviting users to visit a website supposedly containing a video of the McVeigh execution. Instead, users were presented with a SubSeven download, which when installed would provide a number of remote access capabilities. Bradley promptly notified the ISPs hosting the site, putting an end to the Trojan distribution.

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