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Hotmail problems unrelated to spam attack claims MSN

Hotmail problems unrelated to spam attack claims MSN

...has denied that apparent problems with its service are related to the Randex worm which crippled Australian ISP Telstra earlier this week. While the webmail... Read more

Oct 17, 2003

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UK virus teen sentenced for Randex infection

...teenager has been sentenced for his part in writing and distributing the Randex worm which turned infected PCs into 'zombies', controlled by spammers to send... Read more

Dec 21, 2004

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Canadians arrest teen over  Randex  worm

Canadians arrest teen over Randex worm

...used to create an army of zombie computers for delivering spam. The Randex worm and its variants contain a list of commonly used passwords used... Read more

May 27, 2004

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The Evolution of Malicious IRC Bots

The Evolution of Malicious IRC Bots

...will demonstrate how many of the common IRC bots such as Agobot, Randex, Spybot, and Phatbot actually share common source code. In addition, interesting techniques... Read more

Jan 4, 2006

silicon.com > Management > CIO Insights

ISPs crippled by spam bug

ISPs crippled by spam bug

...of major ISPs across the globe. Symantec believes a variation of the Randex worm, first discovered in August, has inserted a backdoor Trojan named mprox... Read more

Oct 15, 2003

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Juvenile held in US for MSBlast follow-up attacks

Juvenile held in US for MSBlast follow-up attacks

...released by the Justice Department. The worm - known as Spybot.worm.lz, Randex.E and RPCSdbot - infects systems by taking advantage of a security flaw... Read more

Sep 29, 2003

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Where is the mysterious internet code coming from?

Where is the mysterious internet code coming from?

Experts hunting down culprit... Read more

Jun 22, 2003