Interesting Occurrence

Mon Jun 21 17:58:11 UTC 2004

On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 12:44:50PM -0500, Brent_OKeeffe at asc.aon.com wrote:
> 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?

Dare I ask, what part of "North American Network Operators Group" made you
think that this could POSSIBLY be on-topic or of interest to anyone here?

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Richard A Steenbergen <ras at e-gerbil.net>       http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras
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