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UK virus teen sentenced for Randex infection
News A British 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 out vast quantities of unsolicited email. [21 Dec 2004]
Canadians arrest teen over Randex worm
News The Randex worm and its variants contain a list of commonly used passwords used to hack into Windows systems. Once Randex infects a computer, that system can be controlled by spammers through an Internet... [27 May 2004]
Hotmail problems unrelated to spam attack claims MSN
News Hotmail has denied that apparent problems with its service are related to the Randex worm which crippled Australian ISP Telstra earlier this week. A number of global ISPs have been hit by a huge surge in traffic... [17 Oct 2003]
ISPs crippled by spam bug
News Symantec believes a variation of the Randex worm, first discovered in August, has inserted a backdoor Trojan named mprox, discovered 30 September, into a large number of Windows-based systems. Randex... [15 Oct 2003]
Juvenile held in US for MSBlast follow-up attacks
News The worm - known as Spybot.worm.lz, Randex.E and RPCSdbot - infects systems by taking advantage of a security flaw Microsoft revealed in mid-July. However, the statement describes a different worm - the... [29 Sep 2003]
