Re: Open ports and lots of trojans?

From: .NET Developer (pleasereplytogroups_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/07/03 

Date: 7 Oct 2003 03:32:02 -0700

Thanks a lot for your helpful replies.
-Robert.

pleasereplytogroups@hotmail.com (.NET Developer) wrote in message news:<66900ea6.0310060626.35fd1ac2@posting.google.com>...
> Hello.
>
> I have just run Sygate's online stealth scanner, and the desktop
> Anti-Trojan program, and both have reported that ports 21, 25, and 80
> are open (amongst others), and lists quite a number of "possible
> trojans".
>
> I would like to ask the obvious question that neither of these
> products appear to address, and how do I close these ports to make my
> machine more secure?
>
> Also, what isn't made clear by either product is, do I actually have
> trojans on my machine or not?
>
> (I'm running Windows 2000 SP3, that is used for web programming
> development.)
>
> Thanks for any info.
>
> -Robert.
>
> PS: Here's an extract from Anti-Trojan's report (which is similar to
> Sygate's report):
>
> Port 21 open. Possible trojans. FTP-Server (possible Trojaner: Fore,
> Invisible FTP, FTP, WebEx, WinCrash)
> Port 25 open. Possible trojans. Mail-Server (possible Trojaner:
> Antigen, Email Password Sender, Haebu Coceda, Shtrilitz Stealth,
> Terminator)
> Port 80 open. Possible trojans. Webserver (possible Trojaner:
> Executor)