| From: | Neil Bothwick |
| Date: | 10 Apr 2001 at 10:47:37 |
| Subject: | Re: Paranoid? |
Alan Buxey said,
>> > wrong but... I just downloaded the latest versions of FBlit,BlazeWCP &
>> > StackAttack from Aminet (todays uploads I think) I then noticed a few new
> three files. noted
Four files, Safe.lha was infected too. and then there were the porno
images uploaded too.
>> There were several postings about this on Amiga News Network
>> (http://www.ann.lu) and I think that it has been confirmed that they are
>> Trojan / backdoor viruii. Afaik the one trying to access H&P is to mailbomb
>> them and is apprently setup to make it look like its abusive stuff from the
>> people involved with MorphOS.
> which file infected, all of them? (suspect that they were all uploaded
> on the same day)
See the mail from VHT that I posted to the announce list? You are on the
AA announce list aren't you?
> i wish Urban had gone ahead with something we discussed 2 years ago -
> author upload protection.... this would stop 3rd parties uploading hacked
> versions of software..which has now occurred 5 times int he past year..and
> is the reason you have to go to the authors homepage to download the
> latest version a LOT of times :-(
A system where you have to register before uploading would help. It
wouldn't stop people uploading new programs with trojans but it would
stop the lamers replacing other people's programs with infected
versions.
Neil
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