LJM Master

you guys are all welcome for the heads-up blim (Liz): apparently "iowrestling.com" and "broadcastpc.tv" are blacklisted in IESPYAD, don't wanna confirm that's a fact, but it's what I hear. regards, L.J.M

the bar is raised for the biggest malware install out there! it's 65MB's in size Do yourself a favour and block anything from iowrestling.com, and broadcastpc.tv. Full story....> http://www.vitalsecurity.org/2005/03/65mb-...re-install.html

take a look here.. http://news.com.com/Trillian+IM+flaw+expos...ml?tag=nefd.top

Drive-by Trojans exploit browser flaws By John Leyden Published Wednesday 23rd March 2005 15:10 GMT Analysis Trojans - malicious programs that pose as benign apps - are usurping network worms to become the greatest malware menace. Sixteen of the 50 most frequent malicious code sightings reported to Symantec in the second half of 2004 were Trojans. In the first six months of last year, Trojans accounted for just eight of the top 50 malicious code reports. Symantec blames Trojans for an upsurge in client-side exploits for web browsers. Trojans create the means to deliver malicious code onto vuln

FYI...Should others be in this "Top 10"? - http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=22027 22 March 2005 "THE 10 BIGGEST spyware and adware threats based on detection as well as potential impact are: 1) CoolWebSearch (CWS): May hijack any of the following: Web searches, home page, and other Internet Explorer settings. Recent variants of CoolWebSearch install using malicious HTML applications or security flaws, such as exploits in the HTML Help format and Microsoft Java Virtual machines. 2) Gator (GAIN): Adware program that may display banner advertisements based on user Web surfing habits. Gator is