[71695] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Interesting Occurrence
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Shultz)
Mon Jun 21 13:55:59 2004
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 10:55:18 -0700
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: "Jeff Shultz" <jeffshultz@wvi.com>
Reply-To: "Jeff Shultz" <jeffshultz@wvi.com>
In-Reply-To: <OF98851BAA.5F0A4E9F-ON86256EBA.005FCB8E-85256EBA.006179AB@aon.com>
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** Reply to message from Brent_OKeeffe@asc.aon.com on Mon, 21 Jun 2004
12:44:50 -0500
> Okay... Here is a new one for me. Got a call from my dad saying he left
> his PC on last night connected to his broadband. He went to log in this
> morning and noticed a new ID in his user list - IWAP_WWW. He immediately
> deleted is and called me. I had him ensure his critical updates we all
> applied - they were. I had him ensure his antivirus was up to date - it
> was (Norton Antivirus 2004). He is running XP Home.
>
> I searched the antivirus sites and elsewhere for references. Any idea if
> there is a new vulnerability that has not been publicly released? Any
> clues?
>
> Regards,
> Brent
Out of curiosity, was he running any sort of (including the XP one) of
firewall software?
--
Jeff Shultz
A railfan pulls up to a RR crossing hoping that
there will be a train.
