Re: [tlug] The Archives Password

[David Santinoli <u235@example.com>]

On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 05:04:07PM +0200, Godwin Stewart wrote:
> And Thus Spake David Santinoli <u235@example.com> (on Tue, 24 Jun 2003
> 17:43:00 +0200):
> 
> A spam trojan is a vector. It usually creates an open proxy on the
> infected machine. Spammy still needs to harvest the addresses of the
> future victims who will receive spam sent via the trojaned boxen, and
> this is done primarily by web harvesting.

Recent trojans are literate: they can read address books.

Cheers
 David
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