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On Sun, 16 May 2004, Stephen J. Wilcox wrote: > > Hmm, so if the AV discovers an active bot is it possible to take this a step > further and locate the C&C and forward that info to relevant network operators? at the point the av software itself is spyware. joelja > Steve > > > > On Sat, 15 May 2004, Sean Donelan wrote: > > > > > I'm glad that anti-virus firms are noticing the growth of Bots. > > Unfortunately, their guestimating ability is still woefully inadequate. > > > > Even frequent updates to anti-virus software won't help. Many > > bots disable automatic updates and block access to the antivirus > > sites. By the time anti-virus software detects somethings wrong, > > its already too late. The solution is to make certain your computer is > > not compromised, instead of relying on anti-virus to clean it up later. > > > > Antivirus firms warn of growing 'Bot' Networks > > http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=20300880 > > > -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joel Jaeggli Unix Consulting [email protected] GPG Key Fingerprint: 5C6E 0104 BAF0 40B0 5BD3 C38B F000 35AB B67F 56B2
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