On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:45:26 -0400 'Beauregard T. Shagnasty'
wrote this on alt.comp.freeware:

>hummingbird wrote:
><snippage>
>["trojan.systemposer"]
>> Anyway, I noticed what was happening at the time and shut down
>> the browser and ADSL connection within about 10secs.
>>
>> I found 7-8 small programs on my system and wrapped them in
>> a zipfile for safety (later sent to SuperAntiSpyware guys for
>> analysis).
>>
>> I then spent 2-3 hours running every piece of anti-malware s/w
>> I have, including several root kit programs. All came up clear.
>>
>> Since then, I've seen no abnormal activity on my system using
>> packet sniffers and monitoring ports etc. My guess is that I
>> killed it before it had hardly got started doing its evil work.
>
>Maybe you got lucky. Maybe it wasn't activated by its owner prior to
>your shutting off your connection.
>
>You do have a router and firewall, correct?

s/w firewall = yes, router = no.

A router is for my next system in a few months.

>>> Sure, almost everyone uses Windows. And the hackers love it because
>>> of all the holes in it. ;-)
>>
>> When I build my next system, I hope to install a version of *nix as
>> well as XP-Pro-SP3, probably using VMPC.
>
>Try Ubuntu. You can also install it from within Windows using Wubi. For
>testing and playing. I wouldn't recommend using any virtual machine for
>a working installation, though.

Yep ok. Ubuntu is currently top of my list :-)
We have one or two folks here on ACF who know about that and
there's always the other groups WHEN (not if) I get stuck ;-)

Thanks for the suggestion...


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