Re: A Hardware and Software Firewall Combination (I got Hacked!)

matt3000@xxxxxxxx wrote:

Sebastian Gottschalk wrote:

Let me guess: It was a website chat and you've being using MSIE. Or it was
Java-based and you had an outdatet version of J2SE installed? Or it was IRC
and you were using mIRC? Or and kind of Instant Messaging and you've been
using ICQ/Lite, AIM or Windows/MSN Messenger?

Or you're running various software downloaded from P2P networks?

No firewall could protect against such stupidities.

GREAT Guessing Seb!

Umm, It was Yahoo Messenger Chat using YahElite, I was and am using
Firefox, I have the latest Java update (1.5.06). My software is all
legit, I dont use peer to peer networks and I did not go to any hostile
websites.

THANK YOU for all your helpful assumptions, you helped me greatly.

On the brighter side, you are not alone.

The IM worms armada
(http://www.viruslist.com/en/weblog?weblogid=203678309)

Ron :)
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