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veggie boy

It has found several trojan horse files in the same folders

RupertofOZ

Turn off System Restore as before... then re-enable System Restore.... then re-scan....

Question... are you loading programs from a dodgy disk???.... or copying an "exe" file from somewhere and then trying to install??

veggie boy

Nup.

I'll do the system restore thing again - following the same instructions. Now I do put the system restore feature on again before I log off don't I. Are you sure that by just deactivating it and then reactivating it the files get deleted?

RupertofOZ

Yes and yes

RupertofOZ

Here's one for the Mac OS users out there.... of course it doesn't apply to those who never get viruses or spyware... :roll:

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The source code of a trojan horse exploiting last week’s uncovered local root escalation vulnerability in Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 has been released in the wild, allowing malicious attackers to take advantage of the ARDAgent-based trojan in what appears to be a very short vulnerability-to-malware cycle, since the trojan template was released on the same day as details for the vulnerability emerged.

Discussion and release of the source code originally took place at the Mac Shadows forums, whereas the source code is now circulating across many other forums and IRC chat rooms, including several popular ones mainly visited by Chinese script kiddies.

In an advisory issued by SecureMac last week it was wrote:

SecureMac has discovered multiple variants of a new Trojan horse in the wild that affects Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5. The Trojan horse is currently being distributed from a hacker website, where discussion has taken place on distributing the Trojan horse through iChat and Limewire. The source code for the Trojan horse has been distributed, indicating an increased probability of future variants of the Trojan horse.

The Trojan horse runs hidden on the system, and allows a malicious user complete remote access to the system, can transmit system and user passwords, and can avoid detection by opening ports in the firewall and turning off system logging. Additionally, the AppleScript.THT Trojan horse can log keystrokes, take pictures with the built-in Apple iSight camera, take screenshots, and turn on file sharing. The Trojan horse exploits a recently discovered vulnerability with the Apple Remote Desktop Agent, which allows it to run as root.

Compared to this week’s reported PokerStealer trojan horse targeting Mac OS X users, by trying to trick them into empowering the malware with administrator capabilities, the ARDAgent-based trojan is doing it automatically, unless of course you’ve already taken care of the issue until a fix for it is officially available.

The author of the trojan, Adrew, even left a copyright notice within, however, it appears that the source code for the trojan isn’t a one-man operation, but the result of a collaborative discussion aiming to add as many modules as possible. Here’s what he thinks of OS X security, according to his own statement :

“Apple tells us that OS X is safe and secure and fails to actually confirm that it is so on their own. We are left to experiment and test our own security and too often we discover that we aren’t actually as secure as we were led to believe,” Andrew said in an e-mail. “When you are seeking information about how to secure your own system, frequently the best sources of that information are hackers, not the vendors.”

Going full-disclosure with the idea to shorten the time until a patch is released by the vendor for the sake of closing the “window of opportunity” for malicious abuse of the vulnerability is one thing, releasing a do-it-yourself trojan template in a vulnerability-to-malware fashion is entirely another.

RupertofOZ

My little friend at Microsoft tells me that Microsoft has signed off internally on the Beta 1 Windows 7 bits -- with a build of 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400.

And that Microsoft sent to a select group of testers invitations to participate in Windows 7 Beta 1 on December 16. Individuals who received the invites are considered “tech beta testers.”

Beta 1 will be the first — and I’ve heard only — Windows 7 test build that Microsoft plans to make available to the public.

My "source" was cagey about when a public release of Beta 1 would occur, but when pressed put a stake in the ground with a prediction of a January 13, 2009 Beta 1 release date.

If Microsoft is now planning to get tech beta testers code in the new year, I’d expect that the final Windows 7 release could be slightly later than the mid-2009 date I’ve been hearing for the past several weeks.

He also sent me some benchmarking test comparing Windows 7 (build 6956) against Vista SP1 and XP SP3...

Before I go any further I feel I need to make a point, and make it clear. The build of Windows 7 tested ... (build 6956) is a pre-beta build ...

As a rule pre-beta builds aren’t known for their performance. That said, the performance of this build should give us a clue as to how the OS is coming along.

Bottom line: Windows 7 build 6956 beats Windows XP SP3 in each of the tests, boots faster than both Vista and XP SP3, and generally performs better the Vista as well...

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When I first looked at "betas" of Vista, my general reaction was... "hoohum"...

From what I've seen (and been shown :wink:

) of Windows 7..... my reaction so far has been more like .... "ahhhh"....

Outbackozzie

I run vista at the moment of both my machines, and it is not really better than xp, but it is shinier

Looking forward to 7 by the looks of that.

Charlie

Can someone help me with my issue Im having with the BYAP site layout as per the pic below.

The links up the top are spread out vertically instead of horizontally. Not sure how to fix it.

It only does this on my work computer.... not that Im on here during work hours :oops:

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mantis

Download firefox and use it instead

earthbound

What version of IE are you using Charlie...

I just tried in IE and it worked fine... Would like to know because I imagine that other people will have the same thing..

arbe

Charlie/EB,

I get the same screen - IE8.

slowRider

I get the same at work using IE or Chrome (whatever the latest version of that is), but not at home, using the same.

MacGyver

I also have the same vertical display of links.

Using IE8 like arbe.

Charlie

Yep, IE8.

earthbound

Would one of you mind updating your browser please and try the page again?

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