[59121] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Spammers use Trojans
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rob Thomas)
Mon Jun 16 01:28:01 2003
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 00:27:23 -0500 (CDT)
From: Rob Thomas <robt@cymru.com>
To: NANOG <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0306160116050.679-100000@clifden.donelan.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Hi, Sean.
] I don't know what proof MessageLabs has, but they report that spammers
] are breaking into home PCs of unsuspecting users to send junk mail.
What proof? Old proof. :) There are numerous bots, including the
now venerable SDbot, that have this capability. This doesn't count
the plethora of other malware that can also forward spam.
Thanks,
Rob.
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Rob Thomas
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