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Subject: Re: warning ....

Author: Brian Kostick

Date: 20:14:18 06/20/03

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On June 20, 2003 at 18:21:45, Mike Byrne wrote:

>about this program :
>
>ChessBase GmH Shredder 8 engine (jun1503).exe
>
> knowing that I keep upto-date on all my engines , I told him that can't be true
>- there is no Shredder 8.  Well, he couldn't resist and within days he had lost
>total control of his computer.  The program had a nasty little trojan horse:
>
>backdoor.subseven
>
>here's the description from Norton:
>
>http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/backdoor.subseven.html
>
>a very good reason to avoid peer-to-peer networks , it's like having sex with
>the town's prostitute ...
>
>forewarned is forearmed ...


Definitely avoid peer-to-peer backdoor with the town's prostitute, especially if
you don`t have a trojan ;) BK



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