Re: Security Experts, help, what is this (bad stuff)?

From: Ohmster (notareal_at_emailaddress.com)
Date: 04/30/05 

Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 05:08:08 GMT

Michael Heiming <michael+USENET@www.heiming.de> wrote in news:8agbk2-
jh4.ln1@news.heiming.de:

> PsychoPhobia Backdoor is starting...

...ugh.
 
> Looks like what it says, just another backdoor to your system,
> you are still running this EOL distro (RH 9) directly connected
> to the internet. while it seems obvious, from your contribution
> to cms, that you are missing the skills to update/secure the
> system.

Disto is history.
 
> You should disconnect it from the internet NOW and setup a recent
> distro, install all patches, close down anything unneeded and fire
> up iptables to deny anything. You shouldn't wonder if your ISP
> shuts down your account for good reasons, if your system is
> abused to annoy others on the internet with spam and alike.

Proof enough, it is outta there. Thanks Michael. 

-- 
~Ohmster
ohmster at newsguy dot com

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