Re: How secure is your Windows Computer?

From: John Coutts (administrator_at_spam.yellowhead.com)
Date: 05/21/04 

Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 13:57:32 -0000

In article <10ar2h8lc4v250@corp.supernews.com>, noway@jose.com says...
>
>Hackers don't hack normal peoples computers!!! There's no reason to! At
>worst they'll email you a Trojan and then use your computer to hack a REAL
>target like microsofts website or soemthing. Hacking is all about bragging
>rights... there's no bragging rights in hacking "Jane Smiths" computer!
>
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WRONG! Anyone with a high speed Internet connection is a potential target to
install a Spam engine complete with back door. The back door is usually
installed via a virus, and then the Spam engine is added via the backdoor. A
good hacker will lock the back door when he/she leaves so that no one else can
use it.

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