Re: trojan found

From: John Coutts (administrator_at_yellowhead.com)
Date: 06/20/03 

Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 14:43:52 -0000

In article <vf1ep4ia8r2807@corp.supernews.com>, !0000@nomad.fake says...
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>"John Coutts" <administrator@yellowhead.com> wrote in message
news:vf12r469beho20@corp.supernews.com...
>> Trojans are relatively easy to find compared to Spyware. They all must have
an
>> open TCP port listening, so the hacker can gain access.
>
>Not all trojans are remote access trojans, in fact some only
>leak information outward.
>
*************** REPLY SEPARATER ***************
I believe the term for hidden programs that spy on a system and send that
information back to the mother ship is "Spyware".

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