Interesting Occurrence

Mon Jun 21 17:55:18 UTC 2004

** Reply to message from Brent_OKeeffe at asc.aon.com on Mon, 21 Jun 2004
12:44:50 -0500

> Okay... Here is a new one for me.  Got a call from my dad saying he left 
> his PC on last night connected to his broadband.  He went to log in this 
> morning and noticed a new ID in his user list - IWAP_WWW.  He immediately 
> deleted is and called me.  I had him ensure his critical updates we all 
> applied - they were.  I had him ensure his antivirus was up to date - it 
> was (Norton Antivirus 2004).  He is running XP Home.
> 
> I searched the antivirus sites and elsewhere for references.  Any idea if 
> there is a new vulnerability that has not been publicly released?  Any 
> clues?
> 
> Regards,
> Brent

Out of curiosity, was he running any sort of (including the XP one) of
firewall software?

-- 
Jeff Shultz
A railfan pulls up to a RR crossing hoping that
there will be a train. 