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Re: security-basics () securityfocus com
From: Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:03:17 +0200
On 2005-09-27 Lance.Druger () wellsfargo com wrote:
The XP firewall is unidirectional, Trojans and viruses can communicate out freely.
You can't reliably control outbound communication. If malware wants to communicate outbound, it will. We have demonstrated in [1] (german page) how an ordinary web-browser could be turned into a remote shell by malware. The communication was not detected by any personal firewall. [1] http://copton.net/vortraege/pfw/index.html Regards Ansgar Wiechers -- "Another option [for defragmentation] is to back up your important files, erase the hard disk, then reinstall Mac OS X and your backed up files." --http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25668
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